CVE-2017-10916

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10916
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-10916.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-10916
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Published
2017-07-05T01:29:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages