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Servers and applications

CVE-2017-10917

Xen through 4.8.x does not validate the port numbers of polled event channel ports, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information, aka XSA-221.

Severity
Critical 9.1
Published
5 Jul 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
2.6% in the next 30 daysHigher than 85% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Every version up to 4.8.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10917
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10917