Description
CMPXCHG8B emulation in Xen 3.3.x through 4.7.x on x86 systems allows local HVM guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host stack memory via a "supposedly-ignored" operand size prefix.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 3.3/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94863Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037468Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-200.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94863Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037468Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-200.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 26, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified