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CVE-2017-8905 (GCVE-0-2017-8905)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-11 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:48
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Summary
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.
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
References
Date Public
2017-05-11 00:00
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