{"id":"CVE-2017-8904","details":"Xen through 4.8.x mishandles the \"contains segment descriptors\" property during GNTTABOP_transfer (aka guest transfer) operations, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-214.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:41:17.291144Z","published":"2017-05-11T19:29:00.273Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98428"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038387"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://blog.xenproject.org/2017/05/02/updates-on-xsa-213-xsa-214-and-xsa-215/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-11"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-214.html"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.8.1"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8904.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}