CVE-2016-10024

MEDIUM

Xen <4.8.x - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95021

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037517

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56

Scores

CVSS v3 6.0

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 34.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (6)

xen/xen < 4.8.0

citrix/xenserver

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 26, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026