CVSS 3.0
7.5 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2017-10916
The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 71% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- xen:xen