VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-8905

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 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-215.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-682: Incorrect Calculation

Primary references