xen: ARM: Some memory not scrubbed at boot (XSA-245)
Published Nov 28, 2017
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x on the ARM platform allowing guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from DRAM after a reboot, because disjoint blocks, and physical addresses that do not start at zero, are mishandled.
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:N/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 27.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 30.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 20.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 19.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 17.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-245.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17046 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499825 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17046
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17046
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-245.html x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-245.html | ||
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17046 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499825 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17046 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17046 | ||
| https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-245.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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