CVE-2017-7228
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7228
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7228.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-7228
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:15:58.957897Z
- Published
- 2017-04-04T14:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:15:58.957897Z
- Severity
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- 8.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/04/3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97375
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-212.html
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/pandavirtualization-exploiting-xen.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038223
- https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-029-2017.txt
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41870/