VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12134

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The xen_biovec_phys_mergeable function in drivers/xen/biomerge.c in Xen might allow local OS guest users to corrupt block device data streams and consequently obtain sensitive memory information, cause a denial of service, or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect block IO merge-ability calculation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-682: Incorrect Calculation

Primary references