CVE-2017-10914 is a race condition leading to a double free vulnerability in the grant-table feature of Xen through version 4.8.x. This flaw allows guest OS users to trigger a denial of service through memory consumption, and potentially gain sensitive information or elevate privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), it has a network attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though attack complexity is also high. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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.