VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-8904

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.42%
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 mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.

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