ALPINE-CVE-2017-8905

ALPINE-CVE-2017-8905 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

Xen through 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-215.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

8.800000190734863

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.3	xen	4.0.1-r2, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r3
Alpine:v3.4	xen	4.6.3-r8, 4.3.0-r2, 0
Alpine:v3.5	xen	4.2.0-r1, 4.2.0-r2, 4.2.0-r3

Timeline

May 11, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-8905 advisory

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