Description
Xen through 4.8.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles page tables after an IRET hypercall, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-213.
Published: 2017-05-11
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-964-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17843 Xen through 4.8.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles page tables after an IRET hypercall, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-213.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.896Z

Reserved: 2017-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8903

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-11T19:29:00.227

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8903

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8903 - Bugzilla

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