CVE-2017-8904
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.09%Published: 5/11/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/xenfrom 0, < 4.8.1-r2
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.8.1-1+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |