High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 11, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8904
CVE-2017-8904
Description
Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the "contains segment descriptors" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.htmlnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11nvd
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