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CVE-2017-8904

High
8.8/10

Summary

Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published