CVE-2016-9818

MEDIUM

Xen through 4.7.x - Denial of Service via Asynchronous Abort Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at HYP.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-4.patch
Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358
Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (2)
xen/xen 4.7.0
xen/xen 4.7.1
Published Feb 27, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026