CVE-2016-1571

MEDIUM

Xen 3.3.x-4.6.x - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The paging_invlpg function in include/asm-x86/paging.h in Xen 3.3.x through 4.6.x, when using shadow mode paging or nested virtualization is enabled, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, which triggers a hypervisor bug check.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034745
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205496
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-168.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 53.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-17
Status published
Products (36)
citrix/xenserver < 6.5
xen/xen 3.3.0
xen/xen 3.3.1
xen/xen 3.3.2
xen/xen 3.4.0
xen/xen 3.4.1
xen/xen 3.4.2
xen/xen 3.4.3
xen/xen 3.4.4
xen/xen 4.1.0
... and 26 more
Published Jan 22, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026