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CVE-2017-12855

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12855 describes a Xen vulnerability where the hypervisor prematurely clears grant status bits, leading guests to believe granted frames are private and reusable while still in use by another domain. This could allow a malicious guest to access sensitive information from another guest. Affecting Xen versions 4.5 through 4.9, this vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) with a local attack vector and high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-12855Moderate

xen: grant_table: possibly premature clearing of GTF_writing / GTF_reading (XSA-230)

Aug 15, 2017

References

support.citrix.com / article/CTX225941
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3969
securityfocus.com / bid/100341
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039177
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-230.html
Vendor Advisory