CVE-2017-8905

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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 4.6.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.

Vendors: xen
Products: xen
Weakness: CWE-682
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.4%)

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