CVE-2016-1570

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 High 8.5
Description
The PV superpage functionality in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1, and 4.1.x through 4.6.x allows local PV guests to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, gain privileges, or have unspecified other impact via a crafted page identifier (MFN) to the (1) MMUEXT_MARK_SUPER or (2) MMUEXT_UNMARK_SUPER sub-op in the HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op hypercall or (3) unknown vectors related to page table updates.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-1570
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-01-22T15:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:26:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034744
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-167.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1570
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1570
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:57:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:09:25 2016-01-22T15:59Z 2016-01-22T15:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:09:25 2018-10-30T16:26:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:09:25 Modified Vulnerability Status updated