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CVE-2016-6259

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
02/08/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
6.20
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:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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