CVE-2017-10916

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

1%p70

Published

Jul 5, 2017 (Jul 5, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.

Vendors: xen
Products: xen
Weakness: CWE-200
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.3%)

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