CVE-2016-10025

MEDIUM

Xen 4.6.x-4.8.x - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

VMFUNC emulation in Xen 4.6.x through 4.8.x on x86 systems using AMD virtualization extensions (aka SVM) allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) by leveraging a missing NULL pointer check.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95026

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037518

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-203.html

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0012

EPSS Percentile 30.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (12)

xen/xen

citrix/xenserver

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 26, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026