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CVE-2017-8903 Details

Description

Xen through 4.8.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles page tables after an IRET hypercall, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-213.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11 CVE
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-213.html CVEMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98426 CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038386 CVE

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
xen xen
4.8.0
4.8.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8903
NVD Published Date:
May 11, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-8903 Details - Not Deferred