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CVE-2017-17044

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of...

6.5 MediumFix available

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.44%Down 2.1 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Record
CVE-2017-17044
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.9 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-754, CWE-755, CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Record
CVE-2017-17044
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-8213 No score

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Record
EUVD-2017-8213
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pfw4-6v7q-26m4 6.5

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of...

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Record
GHSA-pfw4-6v7q-26m4
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-754
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2017-17044 6.5

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2017-17044
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Record
CVE-2017-17044
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-17044 6.5

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17044
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17044 6.5

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and host OS hang) by leveraging the mishandling of Populate on Demand (PoD) errors.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17044
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xen
Alpine:v3.5
 before 4.7.3-r2
4.7.3-r2
xen
Alpine:v3.6
 before 4.8.2-r2
4.8.2-r2
xen
Debian:12
 before 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
xen
Debian:13
 before 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
xen
Debian:14
 before 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
xen
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
 before 4.1.6.lts1-11, plus listed versions
4.1.4-34.1.4-3+deb7u14.1.4-3+deb7u24.1.4-3+deb7u34.1.4-3+deb7u4
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4.1.4-3+deb7u54.1.4-3+deb7u64.1.4-3+deb7u74.1.4-3+deb7u84.1.4-3+deb7u94.1.4-44.1.6.1-1+deb7u14.1.6.lts1-14.1.6.lts1-104.1.6.lts1-24.1.6.lts1-34.1.6.lts1-44.1.6.lts1-54.1.6.lts1-64.1.6.lts1-74.1.6.lts1-84.1.6.lts1-9
4.1.6.lts1-11
xen
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 4.4.4lts3-0+deb8u1, plus listed versions
4.4.1-94.4.1-9+deb8u14.4.1-9+deb8u104.4.1-9+deb8u24.4.1-9+deb8u3
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4.4.1-9+deb8u44.4.1-9+deb8u54.4.1-9+deb8u64.4.1-9+deb8u74.4.1-9+deb8u84.4.1-9+deb8u94.4.4lts1-0+deb8u14.4.4lts2-0+deb8u1
4.4.4lts3-0+deb8u1
xen
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 16 CVEs
 before 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1, plus listed versions
4.8.1-1+deb9u14.8.1-1+deb9u24.8.1-1+deb9u3
4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
xen
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.5.1-0ubuntu14.5.1-0ubuntu24.6.0-1ubuntu14.6.0-1ubuntu24.6.0-1ubuntu4
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4.6.0-1ubuntu4.14.6.0-1ubuntu4.24.6.0-1ubuntu4.34.6.5-0ubuntu14.6.5-0ubuntu1.14.6.5-0ubuntu1.24.6.5-0ubuntu1.4
 None known
xen
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 before 4.9.2-0ubuntu1, plus listed versions
4.9.0-0ubuntu34.9.0-0ubuntu4
4.9.2-0ubuntu1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-17044 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Xen, published November 28, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, the 38th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.7.3-r2.

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