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CVE-2017-10911

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10911 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 4.11.8, specifically within the Xen block-interface. A malicious guest OS user can exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from the host OS or other guest OS kernel memory. This is achieved by leveraging the copying of uninitialized padding fields in Xen block-interface response structures, with a CVSS score of 6.5. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.11.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-10911Low

xen: blkif responses leak backend stack data (XSA-216)

Jun 20, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/089bc0143f489bd3a4578bdff5f4ca68fb26f341
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201708-03
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-216.html
MitigationVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3920
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3927
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3945
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99162
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038720
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry