CVE-2017-15590

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges because MSI mapping was mishandled.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101500	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-237.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101500	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-237.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-10-18 08:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-15590

Mitre link : CVE-2017-15590

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-15590

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Products Affected

xen

xen

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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