VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-1000252
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
- CWE-617: Reachable Assertion
Primary references
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- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory