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CVE-2017-14316

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14316 is a parameter verification issue in Xen through version 4.9.x, specifically within the alloc_heap_pages function, which can lead to an out-of-bounds array access. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 8.8), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 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 0.3 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-2017-14316Important

xen: Missing NUMA node parameter verification (XSA-231)

Sep 12, 2017

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
support.citrix.com / article/CTX227185
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4050
securityfocus.com / bid/100818
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039348
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-231.html
PatchVendor Advisory