CVE-2017-1000252
low-risk
Published 2017-09-26
The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c.
Do I need to act?
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0.08% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (26)
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1490781
Mailing List
https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549145711115&w=2
Mailing List
https://marc.info/?l=kvm&m=150549146311117&w=2
and 6 more references
23
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal