CVE-2017-17566
HIGHXen < 4.9.1 - Denial of Service or Privilege Escalation via Shadow Mode Auxiliary Page Mapping
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges in shadow mode by mapping a certain auxiliary page.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040768
Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-248.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102167
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
Mailing List x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/12/4
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4112
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
28.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
xen/xen
< 4.9.1
Published
Dec 12, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026