CVE-2016-10024

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

26/01/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel operations.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.00 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

6.00

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

4.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen::::::::		4.8.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen::::::::		4.8.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:::::::*

CVE-2016-10024

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools