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CVE-2017-10914

26
FAUCET Score

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.

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

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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

Vendor Patches (1)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-10914Important

xen: Races in the grant table unmap code (XSA-218)

Jun 20, 2017

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201708-03
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-17
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-218.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3969
securityfocus.com / bid/99411
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038722