CVE-2017-17565: xen Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-17565 is a medium (CVSS 5.6) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 6Timeline
- 12-12-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) if shadow mode and log-dirty mode are in place, because of an incorrect assertion related to M2P.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.6MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.6MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.6MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
30%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.36% on 05-10-2026
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< 4.6.6-r3 | < 4.7.3-r5 | < 4.8.2-r5
Debian1 product
- xen< 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5
Ubuntu1 product
- xenAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.9.2-0ubuntu1
Xen1 product
- xen≤ 4.9.1
4 vendors · 4 products
References
13 links
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096X Refsource CONFIRM