CVE-2017-10917

Published Jul 5, 2017

Last updated 21 days ago

Overview

Description
Xen through 4.8.x does not validate the port numbers of polled event channel ports, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information, aka XSA-221.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9.4
Impact score
9.2
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-476

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations