CVE-2015-0361 Use after free in n/a

High 7.8 Published 7 Jan 2015 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote domains can crash the Xen hypervisor via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2015-0361?

CVE-2015-0361 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 7 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0361?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Xen Xen.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0361?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2015-0361 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0361 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0361, GHSA-f69m-xh7g-gr6j, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0361.