CVE-2016-9377

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging IDT entry miscalculation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-682

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Feb 22, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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