CVE-2017-8904 (GCVE-0-2017-8904)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-11 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:48
VLAI
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2324 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2017-05-11 00:00
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