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CVE-2017-8904
CVE-2017-8904
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH
Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.
EPSS 0.42% · 34.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
8.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.42%
34.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | xen | 4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.6, 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xen | 4.5.1-0ubuntu1, 4.6.0-1ubuntu1, 4.6.0-1ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- May 11, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 30, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 14, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8904 third-party-advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8904 third-party-advisory