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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038722 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99411 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-218.html (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17 (vendor-advisory)
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.