CVE-2016-9385

MediumCVSS 6.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The x86 segment base write emulation functionality in Xen 4.4.x through 4.7.x allows local x86 PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) by leveraging lack of canonical address checks.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

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

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94472Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-193.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94472Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037342Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-193.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Jan 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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