What is CVE-2017-10914?

CVE-2017-10914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-10914?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Double Free in Xen

CVE-2017-10914

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.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.016 (73.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Xen
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10914?: CVE-2017-10914 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-10914?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.