ALPINE-CVE-2017-10916

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CVE-2017-10916
Published: 05 Jul 2017, 01:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:36

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Jul 2017, 01:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:36
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•xen

    < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.6.6-r0 | < 4.6.6-r0 | < 4.7.3-r0 | < 4.8.2-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0 | < 4.9.0-r0

References (1)