CVE-2016-9385 (GCVE-0-2016-9385)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
Summary
The x86 segment base write emulation functionality in Xen 4.4.x through 4.7.x allows local x86 PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) by leveraging lack of canonical address checks.
Severity
6.0 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2316 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94472 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037342 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-193.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2016-11-22 00:00
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