CVE-2017-8905

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

11/05/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.2:::::::*
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:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.2:::::::*
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:::::::*

CVE-2017-8905

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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