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CVE-2017-10923

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Xen through 4.8.x does not validate a vCPU array index upon the sending of an SGI, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash), aka XSA-225.

Affected products

• xen: 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 4.7.1 (+2)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99160
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038735
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
• https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-225.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99160
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038735
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
• https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-225.html

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