CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9383
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.
Affected configurations
• xen xen
• citrix xenserver 6.0.2
• citrix xenserver 6.2.0
• citrix xenserver 6.5
• citrix xenserver 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94474 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037346 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 security.gentoo.org
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94474 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037346 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 security.gentoo.org
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 Patch, Third Party Advisory