High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17045

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to gain privileges on the host OS, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (BUG and host OS crash) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) Physical-to-Machine (P2M) errors.

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Affected products

Xen/Xen2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: <=4.9.x

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-247.htmlnvdIssue TrackingMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102013nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039879nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.htmlnvd
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.htmlnvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14nvd

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