CVE-2017-8905 — Incorrect Calculation in XEN

CWE-682 — Incorrect Calculation7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 75.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
XENDebian XEN
Timeline
PublishedMay 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Xen through 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-215.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.0 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/xen< xen 4.8.0~rc3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianxen/xen< 4.8.0~rc3-1+3
▶NVDxen/xen6 versions+5

Patches

Patch: xenbits.xen.org ↗Patch: xenbits.xen.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-fff9-ccrg-mjcr: Xen through 4↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-8905: Xen through 4↗2017-05-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
xen: possible memory corruption via failsafe callback (XSA-215)↗2017-05-02
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Debian
CVE-2017-8905: xen - Xen through 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which migh...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8903 CVE-2017-8904 CVE-2017-8905 xen: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-05-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8905 xsa215 xen: possible memory corruption via failsafe callback (XSA-215)↗2017-04-18
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