CVE-2017-17564
High
CVE-2017-17564
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
December 12, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-17564
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An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect error handling for reference counting in shadow mode.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/12/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102172
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040770
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00003.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4112
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-250.html