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CVE-2015-0361

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a...

7.8 HighFix available

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.

Exploit likelihood

2.51%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.

Record
CVE-2015-0361
CVSS 2.0
7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.

Record
CVE-2015-0361
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-0374 No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.

Record
EUVD-2015-0374
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f69m-xh7g-gr6j No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a...

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.

Record
GHSA-f69m-xh7g-gr6j
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.

Record
CVE-2015-0361
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-0361 No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0361
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0613-1 No score

Security update for Xen

The XEN hypervisor received updates to fix various security issues and bugs.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2015-2151: XSA-123: A hypervisor memory corruption due to x86 emulator flaw.
  • CVE-2015-2045: XSA-122: Information leak through version information hypercall.
  • CVE-2015-2044: XSA-121: Information leak via internal x86 system device emulation.
  • CVE-2015-2152: XSA-119: HVM qemu was unexpectedly enabling emulated VGA graphics backends.
  • CVE-2014-3615: Information leakage when guest sets high graphics resolution.
  • CVE-2015-0361: XSA-116: A xen crash due to use after free on hvm guest teardown.
  • CVE-2014-9065, CVE-2014-9066: XSA-114: xen: p2m lock starvation.

Also the following bugs were fixed:

  • bnc#919098 - XEN blktap device intermittently fails to connect
  • bnc#882089 - Windows 2012 R2 fails to boot up with greater than 60 vcpus
  • bnc#903680 - Problems with detecting free loop devices on Xen guest startup
  • bnc#861318 - xentop reports 'Found interface vif101.0 but domain 101 does not exist.'
  • Update seabios to rel-1.7.3.1 which is the correct version for Xen 4.4
  • Enhancement to virsh/libvirtd 'send-key' command The xen side small fix. (FATE#317240)
  • bnc#901488 - Intel ixgbe driver assigns rx/tx queues per core resulting in irq problems on servers with a large amount of CPU cores
  • bnc#910254 - SLES11 SP3 Xen VT-d igb NIC doesn't work
  • Add domain_migrate_constraints_set API to Xend's http interface (FATE#317239)
  • Restore missing fixes from block-dmmd script
  • bnc#904255 - XEN boot hangs in early boot on UEFI system
  • bsc#912011 - high ping latency after upgrade to latest SLES11SP3 on xen Dom0
  • Fix missing banner by restoring the figlet program.
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0613-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-0361 No score

Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0361
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xen
Debian:12
 before 4.4.1-7
4.4.1-7
xen
Debian:13
 before 4.4.1-7
4.4.1-7
xen
Debian:14
 before 4.4.1-7
4.4.1-7
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 4.4.1_10-9.1
4.4.1_10-9.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 4.4.1_10-9.1
4.4.1_10-9.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 4.4.1_10-9.1
4.4.1_10-9.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 4.4.1_10-9.1
4.4.1_10-9.1
xen
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4, plus listed versions
4.3.0-1ubuntu14.3.0-1ubuntu24.3.0-1ubuntu34.3.0-1ubuntu44.3.0-1ubuntu5
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4.4.0-0ubuntu34.4.0-0ubuntu44.4.0-0ubuntu54.4.0-0ubuntu5.14.4.0-0ubuntu5.24.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.14.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.24.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

History

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In short

CVE-2015-0361 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Xen, published January 7, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.51%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.4.1-7.

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