CVE-2017-8905
Published May 11, 2017
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Xen through 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-215.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.8
- Impact score
- 6
- Exploitability score
- 2
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.8
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.1
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-682
Configurations
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