CVE-2019-17347
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 8, 2019 at 12:02 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxXen
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/8x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-293.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/21Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4602x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-293.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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