CVE-2017-14317 describes a double-free vulnerability in the C xenstore daemon (cxenstored) affecting Xen versions through 4.9.x. This flaw occurs due to a race condition during the shutdown of a virtual machine with a stubdomain, potentially leading to a crash of the xenstored daemon. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.6 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, and its primary impact is a denial-of-service affecting critical system functions. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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