Is CVE-2017-7228 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-7228 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-7228?

CVE-2017-7228 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-7228?

CVE-2017-7228 has an EPSS score of 1.57% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7228?

Upgrade xen on debian 11 to 4.8.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-7228

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue (known as XSA-212) was discovered in Xen, with fixes available for 4.8.x, 4.7.x, 4.6.x, 4.5.x, and 4.4.x. The earlier XSA-29 fix introduced an insufficient check on XENMEM_exchange input, allowing the caller to drive hypervisor memory accesses outside of the guest provided input/output arrays.

CWE-129

How to fix

Remediation Available

xenDebian

Fixed in:4.8.1-1CVE-2017-7228

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

xenbits.xen.org

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references4

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.