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CVE-2017-8904
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-11T19:29:00.273 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:27:10.507

Summary

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.

Affected products

xen — xen

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References

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