CVE-2017-17046
MEDIUMXen < 4.9.1 - Information Exposure via ARM DRAM Handling
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x on the ARM platform allowing guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from DRAM after a reboot, because disjoint blocks, and physical addresses that do not start at zero, are mishandled.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-245.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
17.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
xen/xen
< 4.9.1
Published
Nov 28, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026