CVE-2017-7228
CVSS V2 High 7.2
CVSS V3 High 8.2
Description
An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest provided input/output arrays.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-7228
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-04-04T14:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- COMPLETE
- Integrity Impact
- COMPLETE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 7.2
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 10
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 8.2
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.5
- Impact Score
- 6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-212.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/04/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97375 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/pandavirtualization-exploiting-xen.html | Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-029-2017.txt | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038223 | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41870/ | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7228 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7228 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:27:57 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 15:29:21 | 2017-04-04T14:59Z | 2017-04-04T14:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 15:29:21 | 2019-10-03T00:03:26 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 15:29:21 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |