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CVE-2017-10916

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Published: Jul 5, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (13)

Products: Xen: Xen
Xen
1 product
Xen
Configuration A
13 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Xen
Xen
Version 4.5.0
Xen
Version 4.5.1
Xen
Version 4.5.2
Xen
Version 4.5.3
Xen
Version 4.5.5
Xen
Version 4.6.0
Xen
Version 4.6.1
Xen
Version 4.6.2
Xen
Version 4.6.4
Xen
Version 4.6.5
Xen
Version 4.7.1
Xen
Version 4.8.0
Xen
Version 4.8.1

Related CWEs

CWE-200
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (10)

Source: cve@mitre.org
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Mailing ListMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing ListMitigationVendor Advisory

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