CVE-2017-10914
Publication date 5 July 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
The grant-table feature in Xen through 4.8.x has a race condition leading to a double free, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), or possibly obtain sensitive information or gain privileges, aka XSA-218 bug 2.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| xen | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.12
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
8.1 · High
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H