CVE-2017-8904

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

<1%p35

Published

May 11, 2017 (May 11, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.

Vendors: xen
Products: xen
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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