CVE-2017-17045

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html	Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html	Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

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Information

Published : 2017-11-28 23:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-17045

Mitre link : CVE-2017-17045

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-17045

JSON object : View

Products Affected

xen

xen

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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