HIGH
xen: Races in the grant table unmap code (XSA-218)
Published Jul 5, 2017
8.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.61%
Description
The grant-table feature in Xen through 4.8.x has a race condition leading to a double free, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges, aka XSA-218 bug 2.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.1 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
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
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
1.61% 0.01612
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01612
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.61% (0.01612) | 75.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.61% (0.01612) | 72.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.60% (0.00603) | 67.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01230) | 85.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01230) | 85.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01230) | 83.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01806) | 35.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.81% (0.01806) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
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-2017-10914 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458872 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10914
- 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-2017-10914
- 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-2017-10914 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1458872 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10914 | ||
| 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-2017-10914 | ||
| 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-2017-10914
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a