CVE-2017-10916 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2017-10916 PUBLISHED

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 0.39% · 60.0th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.39%

60.0th 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
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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

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