CVE-2017-14431
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
Memory leak in Xen 3.3 through 4.8.x allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (ARM or x86 AMD host OS memory consumption) by continually rebooting, because certain cleanup is skipped if no pass-through device was ever assigned, aka XSA-207.
How to fix CVE-2017-14431
To remediate CVE-2017-14431, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xen—upgrade to 4.8.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-14431 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.8.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |