CVE-2017-17566

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 12 Dec 2017, 22:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 20:51

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.1% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Dec 2017, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 20:51
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.10%• Percentile: 28%

Affected Systems

  • xen•xen

    ≤ 4.9.1

References (9)