CVE-2017-8903 is a critical vulnerability affecting Xen through version 4.8.x on 64-bit platforms, where improper handling of page tables after an IRET hypercall could allow a privileged guest OS user to execute arbitrary code on the host OS. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.