VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-8903
CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-11
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
Xen through 4.8.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles page tables after an IRET hypercall, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-213.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory