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CVE-2017-17563

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging an incorrect mask for reference-count overflow checking in shadow mode.

  • Published: Dec 13, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2017-17563
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.9
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
xen / xen - 4.9.1.x