CVE-2017-8904

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 11 May 2017, 19:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 16:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 May 2017, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 16:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%

Affected Systems

  • xen•xen

    4.8.0 | 4.8.1

References (5)