CVE-2017-10918
10.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (10), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Xen through 4.8.x does not validate memory allocations during certain P2M operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain privileged host OS access, aka XSA-222.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.67% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-07-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xen | xen |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99161
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038732
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-222.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99161
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038732
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-222.html
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