Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2017-10916
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.35%
Original Filing — NVD Description
The vCPU context-switch implementation in Xen through 4.8.x improperly interacts with the Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) and Protection Key (PKU) features, which makes it easier for guest OS users to defeat ASLR and other protection mechanisms, aka XSA-220.