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CVE-2016-9383

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
23/01/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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