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CVE-2017-10917

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

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9.1
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.2
Source: NVD

Description

Xen through 4.8.x does not validate the port numbers of polled event channel ports, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information, aka XSA-221.

Affected (1)

Products: Xen: Xen
Xen
1 product
Xen
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Xen
Up to 4.8.1

Related CWEs

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (10)

Source: cve@mitre.org
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Mailing ListMitigationThird Party 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 ListMitigationThird Party Advisory

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