CRITICAL
xen: page transfer may allow PV guest to elevate privilege (XSA-217)
Published Jul 5, 2017
10.0
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.67%
Description
Xen through 4.8.x mishandles page transfer, which allows guest OS users to obtain privileged host OS access, aka XSA-217.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
10.0 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
8.5 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.67% 0.02668
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02668
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.67% (0.02668) | 85.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02691) | 83.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 1.67% (0.01672) | 81.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.30% (0.03301) | 86.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.07% (0.05068) | 82.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.30% (0.03301) | 86.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00449) | 74.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.50% (0.00500) | 75.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00500) | 72.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 32.67th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 31.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 71.88th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99158 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038721 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-217.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10912 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458871 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10912
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10912
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-217.html x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99158 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038721 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-217.html | ||
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10912 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458871 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10912 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10912 | ||
| https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-217.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 5, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jul 4, 2017
Link CVE-2017-10912
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a