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ALPINE-CVE-2017-17563

ALPINE-CVE-2017-17563 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.4xen4.0.1-r2, 0, 4.6.6-r2
Alpine:v3.5xen4.2.1-r0, 0, 4.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.6xen4.1.1-r2, 4.1.1-r1, 4.1.1-r0

Timeline

  • Dec 12, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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