FKIE_CVE-2016-9378

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-22 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94475
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037345
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-196.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94475
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037345
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-196.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xen xen 4.5.0
xen xen 4.5.1
xen xen 4.5.2
xen xen 4.5.3
xen xen 4.5.5
xen xen 4.6.0
xen xen 4.6.1
xen xen 4.6.3
xen xen 4.6.4
xen xen 4.7.0
xen xen 4.7.1
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