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CVE-2017-12855

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
15/08/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

Description

Xen maintains the _GTF_{read,writ}ing bits as appropriate, to inform the guest that a grant is in use. A guest is expected not to modify the grant details while it is in use, whereas the guest is free to modify/reuse the grant entry when it is not in use. Under some circumstances, Xen will clear the status bits too early, incorrectly informing the guest that the grant is no longer in use. A guest may prematurely believe that a granted frame is safely private again, and reuse it in a way which contains sensitive information, while the domain on the far end of the grant is still using the grant. Xen 4.9, 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, and 4.5 are affected.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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