CVE-2017-12137: citrix xenserver

Modified

AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-12137UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12137DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12137

Published 24-08-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-12137 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in citrix xenserver. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

8.8/10

010

High · v3.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

0.44%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 8

DLA-1132-1 DSA-3969-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11520-1 SUSE-SU-2017:2319-1 SUSE-SU-2017:2326-1 SUSE-SU-2017:2327-1+4 more

Timeline

24-08-2017
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
05-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local PV guest OS users to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to map_grant_ref.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

v3.08.8v2.07.2

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.44% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of InputThe product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products

xen< 4.8.1-1+deb9u3
debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0

Alpine1 product

xen< 4.9.0-r1 | < 4.6.6-r0 | < 4.7.3-r0 | < 4.8.2-r0

Citrix1 product

xenserver6.0.2 | 6.2.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2

Ubuntu1 product

xen< 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.14 | < 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.4

4 vendors · 5 products

References

13 links

support.citrix.com/article/CTX225941X Refsource CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/2Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039174VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477657X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIANThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOOThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100342VDB EntryX Refsource BIDThird Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-227.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-12137Advisory
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12137REPORT

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