CVE-2017-17564
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-12-12 22:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 20:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-12-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 827bb5bd8e8690db9e2c93f70e1d0b476f95c8f6178d95c210ff3c046e8c238b
05 Affected products
06 References
- xenbits.xen.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-250.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180105 [SECURITY] [DLA 1230-1] xen security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181018 [SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- www.securityfocus.com102172http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102172
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201801-14https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- www.securitytracker.com1040770http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040770
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/12/3
- www.debian.orgDSA-4112https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4112
- support.citrix.comhttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xen No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.9.2-0ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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