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CVE-2017-10912

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10912 is a critical vulnerability affecting Xen versions up to 4.8.x, stemming from improper page transfer handling. This flaw allows a guest operating system user to escalate privileges and gain full access to the host operating system. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0267 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-10912Important

xen: page transfer may allow PV guest to elevate privilege (XSA-217)

Jun 20, 2017

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201708-03
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-17
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-217.html
Mailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3969
securityfocus.com / bid/99158
securitytracker.com / id/1038721