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ALPINE-CVE-2017-17564

ALPINE-CVE-2017-17564 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 incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
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-r0, 4.6.6-r2, 4.6.6-r1
Alpine:v3.5xen4.1.2-r7, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.6xen4.1.2-r10, 4.1.1-r1, 4.1.1-r0

Timeline

  • Dec 12, 2017 CVE Published
  • Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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