CVE-2017-10918

critical

Description

Xen through 4.8.x does not validate memory allocations during certain P2M operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain privileged host OS access, aka XSA-222.

References

Advisories
More

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-222.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99161

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038732

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-07-05

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H