CVE-2017-17045: xen Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-17045 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 28-11-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.43%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
37%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.43% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- xen< 4.7.3-r2 | < 4.8.2-r2
Debian1 product
- xen< 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
Ubuntu1 product
- xenAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.9.2-0ubuntu1
Xen1 product
- xen≤ 4.9.1
4 vendors · 4 products
References
12 links
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationPatchVendor AdvisoryREPORT