CVE-2017-10914

8.1 HIGH
Published: July 05, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

The grant-table feature in Xen through 4.8.x has a race condition leading to a double free, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges, aka XSA-218 bug 2.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99411
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-218.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99411
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038722
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-218.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Vendor Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.6%
73th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

xen