CRITICAL
xen: Races in the grant table unmap code (XSA-218)
Published Jul 5, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.81%
Description
The grant-table feature in Xen through 4.8.x provides false mapping information in certain cases of concurrent unmap calls, which allows backend attackers to obtain sensitive information or gain privileges, aka XSA-218 bug 1.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
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
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.81% 0.02815
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02815
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.81% (0.02815) | 86.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.84% (0.02838) | 84.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.20% (0.01199) | 77.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.54% (0.03543) | 79.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00848) | 82.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00848) | 81.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.85% (0.00848) | 79.61th | 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/99411 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038722 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-218.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10913 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458872 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10913
- 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-2017-10913
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-218.html x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99411 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038722 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-218.html | ||
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10913 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458872 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10913 | ||
| 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-2017-10913 | ||
| https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-218.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListVendor 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-2017-10913
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a