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8.8
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2017-17045
Xen HVM Guest Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service
Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 28, 2017, 11:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-17045 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xen xen
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A vulnerability in Xen allows HVM guest OS users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service; upgrading the Xen packages and applying the appropriate patch or hotfix are recommended.
  • Upgrade the Xen packages.
  • Apply the appropriate patch or hotfix according to the vendor advisory.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-17045.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-17045 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-17045 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-17045 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-17045 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
    Added Reference https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138
    Added Reference https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-416
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 No Types Assigned https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html No Types Assigned https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 4.9.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} -0.06%

score

0.18116

percentile