CVE-2017-7228

8.2 HIGH
Published: April 04, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest provided input/output arrays.

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CVSS v3.x Details

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/04/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97375
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038223
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-212.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-029-2017.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/pandavirtualization-exploiting-xen.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41870/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/04/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97375
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038223
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-212.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-029-2017.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/pandavirtualization-exploiting-xen.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41870/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.2 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.6%
72th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-129

Affected Vendors

xen

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