Vulnerability in Xen
CVE-2017-10915
The shadow-paging feature in Xen through 4.8.x mismanages page references and consequently introduces a race condition, which allows guest OS users to obtain Xen privileges, aka XSA-219.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
EPSS: 0.017 (74.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Xen
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 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, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-10915?
- CVE-2017-10915 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2017-07-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-10915?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.