CVE-2015-7311

low
Published 2015-10-01 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.6
VIR risk
3.6

Description

libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7311

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-142.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.8.0~rc3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.8.0~rc3-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.8.0~rc3-1
debian debiansidfixed4.8.0~rc3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.8.0~rc3-1

References

CWEs

CWE-17

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.