{"cve":"CVE-2017-8904","nvd":{"published":"2017-05-11T19:29:00.273","modified":"2026-06-17T01:27:10.507","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387","https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11","https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.html"],"products":["xen:xen"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:36.429588156+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-8904","score":0.00421,"percentile":0.36438,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}