CVE-2019-17347
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of...
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.8
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
- Record
CVE-2019-17347- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
- Record
CVE-2019-17347- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7758 No score
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
- Record
EUVD-2019-7758- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-34w6-68wc-gx7h
7.8
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of...
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
- Record
GHSA-34w6-68wc-gx7h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-17347
7.8
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-17347- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.8
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
- Record
CVE-2019-17347- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-17347
7.8
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17347- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-17347
7.8
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges because a guest can manipulate its virtualised %cr4 in a way that is incompatible with Linux (and possibly other guest kernels).
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17347- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-RU-2019:2767-1 No score
Recommended update for xen
This update for xen to version 4.10.4 fixes the following issues:
- Fixed an issue where libxenlight could not restore domain vsa6535522 on live migration (bsc#1133818).
- Fixed an HPS bug which did not allow to install Windows Server 2016 with 2 CPUs setting or above (bsc#1137717).
- Fixed an issue where libxenlight could not create new domain (bsc#1131811).
- Fixed an issue where Xen could not pre-allocate 1 shadow page (bsc#1145240).
- Fixed an issue where attached pci devices were lost after reboot (bsc#1129642).
- Fixed a segmentation fault in Libvrtd during live migration to a VM (bsc#1145774).
- Xenpvnetboot is now ported correctly to Python 3 (bsc#1138563).
- Record
SUSE-RU-2019:2767-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:14199-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-15890: Fixed a use-after-free in SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU emulator which could have led to Denial of Service (bsc#1149813).
- CVE-2019-12068: Fixed an issue in lsi which could lead to an infinite loop and denial of service (bsc#1146874).
- CVE-2019-14378: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in SLiRp networking implementation of QEMU emulator which could have led to execution of arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process (bsc#1143797).
- CVE-2019-12067: Fixed a null pointer dereference which could have led to denial of service (bsc#1145652).
- CVE-2019-12155: Fixed a null pointer dereference in QXL VGA card emulator of QEMU which could have led to denial of service (bsc#1135905).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2019:14199-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2753-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen to version 4.11.2 fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2019-15890: Fixed a use-after-free in SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU emulator which could have led to Denial of Service (bsc#1149813).
- CVE-2019-12068: Fixed an issue in lsi which could lead to an infinite loop and denial of service (bsc#1146874).
- CVE-2019-14378: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in SLiRp networking implementation of QEMU emulator which could have led to execution of arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process (bsc#1143797).
Other issues fixed:
- Fixed an HPS bug which did not allow to install Windows Server 2016 with 2 CPUs setting or above (bsc#1137717).
- Fixed a segmentation fault in Libvrtd during live migration to a VM (bsc#1145774).
- Fixed an issue where libxenlight could not create new domain (bsc#1131811).
- Fixed an issue where attached pci devices were lost after reboot (bsc#1129642).
- Fixed an issue where Xen could not pre-allocate 1 shadow page (bsc#1145240).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2753-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2769-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2019-15890: Fixed a use-after-free in SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU emulator which could have led to Denial of Service (bsc#1149813).
- CVE-2019-12068: Fixed an issue in lsi which could lead to an infinite loop and denial of service (bsc#1146874).
- CVE-2019-14378: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in SLiRp networking implementation of QEMU emulator which could have led to execution of arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process (bsc#1143797).
Other issue fixed:
- Fixed an issue where libxenlight could not restore domain vsa6535522 on live migration (bsc#1133818).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2769-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2783-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-15890: Fixed a use-after-free in SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU emulator which could have led to Denial of Service (bsc#1149813).
- CVE-2019-12068: Fixed an issue in lsi which could lead to an infinite loop and denial of service (bsc#1146874).
- CVE-2019-14378: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in SLiRp networking implementation of QEMU emulator which could have led to execution of arbitrary code with privileges of the QEMU process (bsc#1143797).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2783-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:0388-1 No score
Security update for xen
This update for xen fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2018-12207: Fixed a race condition where untrusted virtual machines could have been using the Instruction Fetch Unit of the Intel CPU to cause a Machine Exception during Page Size Change, causing the CPU core to be non-functional (bsc#1155945 XSA-304).
- CVE-2018-19965: Fixed a DoS from attempting to use INVPCID with a non-canonical addresses (bsc#1115045 XSA-279).
- CVE-2019-11135: Aborting an asynchronous TSX operation on Intel CPUs with Transactional Memory support could be used to facilitate side-channel information leaks out of microarchitectural buffers, similar to the previously described 'Microarchitectural Data Sampling' attack. (bsc#1152497 XSA-305).
- CVE-2019-12067: Fixed a null pointer dereference in QEMU AHCI (bsc#1145652).
- CVE-2019-12068: Fixed an infinite loop while executing script (bsc#1146874).
- CVE-2019-12155: Fixed a null pointer dereference while releasing spice resources (bsc#1135905).
- CVE-2019-14378: Fixed a heap buffer overflow during packet reassembly in slirp networking implementation (bsc#1143797).
- CVE-2019-15890: Fixed a use-after-free during packet reassembly (bsc#1149813).
- CVE-2019-17340: Fixed grant table transfer issues on large hosts (XSA-284 bsc#1126140).
- CVE-2019-17341: Fixed a race with pass-through device hotplug (XSA-285 bsc#1126141).
- CVE-2019-17342: Fixed steal_page violating page_struct access discipline (XSA-287 bsc#1126192).
- CVE-2019-17343: Fixed an inconsistent PV IOMMU discipline (XSA-288 bsc#1126195).
- CVE-2019-17344: Fixed a missing preemption in x86 PV page table unvalidation (XSA-290 bsc#1126196).
- CVE-2019-17347: Fixed a PV kernel context switch corruption (XSA-293 bsc#1126201).
- CVE-2019-18420: Fixed a hypervisor crash that could be caused by malicious x86 PV guests, resulting in a denial of service (bsc#1154448 XSA-296).
- CVE-2019-18421: Fixed a privilege escalation through malicious PV guest administrators (bsc#1154458 XSA-299).
- CVE-2019-18424: Fixed a privilege escalation through DMA to physical devices by untrusted domains (bsc#1154461 XSA-302).
- CVE-2019-18425: Fixed a privilege escalation from 32-bit PV guest used mode (bsc#1154456 XSA-298).
- CVE-2019-19577: Fixed an issue where a malicious guest administrator could have caused Xen to access data structures while they are being modified leading to a crash (bsc#1158007 XSA-311).
- CVE-2019-19578: Fixed an issue where a malicious or buggy PV guest could have caused hypervisor crash resulting in denial of service affecting the entire host (bsc#1158005 XSA-309).
- CVE-2019-19579: Fixed a privilege escalation where an untrusted domain with access to a physical device can DMA into host memory (bsc#1157888 XSA-306).
- CVE-2019-19580: Fixed a privilege escalation where a malicious PV guest administrator could have been able to escalate their privilege to that of the host (bsc#1158006 XSA-310).
- CVE-2019-19581: Fixed a potential out of bounds on 32-bit Arm (bsc#1158003 XSA-307).
- CVE-2019-19583: Fixed improper checks which could have allowed HVM/PVH guest userspace code to crash the guest, leading to a guest denial of service (bsc#1158004 XSA-308).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2020:0388-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenAlpine:v3.9 |
4.1.0 up to 4.11.2-r0 | 4.11.2-r0 |
xenDebian:12 |
before 4.11.1+92-g6c33308a8d-1 | 4.11.1+92-g6c33308a8d-1 |
xenDebian:13 |
before 4.11.1+92-g6c33308a8d-1 | 4.11.1+92-g6c33308a8d-1 |
xenDebian:14 |
before 4.11.1+92-g6c33308a8d-1 | 4.11.1+92-g6c33308a8d-1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 4.10.4_04-3.22.1 | 4.10.4_04-3.22.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 4.10.4_04-3.22.1 | 4.10.4_04-3.22.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS From an advisory covering 13 CVEs |
before 4.4.4_40-61.49.1 | 4.4.4_40-61.49.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.11.2_02-2.14.2 | 4.11.2_02-2.14.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.11.2_02-2.14.2 | 4.11.2_02-2.14.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.11.2_02-2.14.2 | 4.11.2_02-2.14.2 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.11.2_02-2.14.2 | 4.11.2_02-2.14.2 |
xenSUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 | 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 |
xenSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 8 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 | 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 |
xenSUSE:OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 | 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 | 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 | 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 | 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 |
xenSUSE:Enterprise Storage 5 From an advisory covering 16 CVEs |
before 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 | 4.9.4_04-3.56.2 |
xenSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 | 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 | 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 | 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 | 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 |
xenSUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 | 4.7.6_06-43.54.2 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 25 CVEs |
before 4.5.5_28-22.64.1 | 4.5.5_28-22.64.1 |
xenSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS From an advisory covering 25 CVEs |
before 4.5.5_28-22.64.1 | 4.5.5_28-22.64.1 |
xenUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.5.1-0ubuntu14.5.1-0ubuntu24.6.0-1ubuntu14.6.0-1ubuntu24.6.0-1ubuntu4 Show 7 moreShow less4.6.0-1ubuntu4.14.6.0-1ubuntu4.24.6.0-1ubuntu4.34.6.5-0ubuntu14.6.5-0ubuntu1.14.6.5-0ubuntu1.24.6.5-0ubuntu1.4 |
None known |
xenUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 4.9.0-0ubuntu34.9.0-0ubuntu44.9.2-0ubuntu1 |
None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-17347 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Debian Linux, published October 8, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.11.2-r0.
References
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-293.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/8
debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4602
seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/21
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17347
github.com/advisories/GHSA-34w6-68wc-gx7h
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security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-17347
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17347
suse.com/support/update/announcement/-2019-2767/suse-ru-20192767-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
bugzilla.suse.com/1126140
bugzilla.suse.com/1126141
bugzilla.suse.com/1126192
bugzilla.suse.com/1126195
bugzilla.suse.com/1126196
bugzilla.suse.com/1126197
bugzilla.suse.com/1126198
bugzilla.suse.com/1126201
bugzilla.suse.com/1127400
bugzilla.suse.com/1129642
bugzilla.suse.com/1131811
bugzilla.suse.com/1133818
bugzilla.suse.com/1137717
bugzilla.suse.com/1138294
bugzilla.suse.com/1138563
bugzilla.suse.com/1145240
bugzilla.suse.com/1145774
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12126
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12127
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12130
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11091
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17340
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17341
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17342
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17343
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17344
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17345
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17346
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17347
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17348
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17349
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-201914199-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1135905
bugzilla.suse.com/1143797
bugzilla.suse.com/1145652
bugzilla.suse.com/1146874
bugzilla.suse.com/1149813
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12067
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12068
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12155
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14378
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15890
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20192753-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1111331
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20192769-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20192783-1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20200388-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1115045
bugzilla.suse.com/1152497
bugzilla.suse.com/1154448
bugzilla.suse.com/1154456
bugzilla.suse.com/1154458
bugzilla.suse.com/1154461
bugzilla.suse.com/1155945
bugzilla.suse.com/1157888
bugzilla.suse.com/1158003
bugzilla.suse.com/1158004
bugzilla.suse.com/1158005
bugzilla.suse.com/1158006
bugzilla.suse.com/1158007
bugzilla.suse.com/1161181
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12207
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19965
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11135
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18420
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18421
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18424
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18425
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19577
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19578
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19579
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19580
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19581
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19583
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7211
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17347
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17347