CVE-2017-8905

HIGH

Xen <4.6.x - RCE

Title source: llm

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.

References (5)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038388

[Vendor Advisory] https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/

[Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-215.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98436

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 24.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-682

Status draft

Affected Products (6)

xen/xen

Timeline

Published May 11, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026