Xen through 4.6.x on 64-bit platforms mishandles a failsafe callback, which might allow PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS, aka XSA-215.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.839Z

Reserved: 2017-05-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8905

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-11T19:29:00.303

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-8905

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8905 - Bugzilla