CVE-2017-17044
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.05%xen - security update
Published: 11/28/2017Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-17044DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17044
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/xenfrom 0, < 4.7.3-r2
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.1.6.lts1-11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |