CVE-2017-7228
An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input,
02 Description
An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input,
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
- 1.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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
- 2017-04-04 14:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-03-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-129Improper Validation of Array IndexVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2490a733e5727b610a45f0a11cd02b4a318d520d09b3851810b6aa40930c024f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com97375http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97375
- xenbits.xen.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-212.html
- openwall.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/04/3
- github.comhttps://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-029-2017.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-3847http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
- www.exploit-db.com41870https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41870/
- googleprojectzero.blogspot.comhttps://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/pandavirtualization-exploiting-xen.html
- www.securitytracker.com1038223http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038223
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.8.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.8.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.8.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.