VDB
CVE-2017-10916
CVE-2017-10916
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.
EPSS 1.35% · 71.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
1.35%
71.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xen | 0, 4.5.1-0ubuntu1, 4.6.0-1ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Jul 5, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 5, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Sep 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 14, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10916 third-party-advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-220.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10916 third-party-advisory