What is CVE-2017-17046?

CVE-2017-17046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-11-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-17046?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Xen

CVE-2017-17046

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x on the ARM platform allowing guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from DRAM after a reboot, because disjoint blocks, and physical addresses that do not start at zero, are mishandled.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (29.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Xen
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17046?: CVE-2017-17046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-17046?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.