xen: Missing p2m error checking in PoD code (XSA-247)
Published Nov 28, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
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Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00427) | 34.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00427) | 33.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 18.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.31% (0.02314) | 53.75th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.31% (0.02314) | 53.29th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 2.31% (0.02314) | 78.25th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.31% (0.02314) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (13)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17045 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1513336 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17045
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17045
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.html x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
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