CVE-2016-9383

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9383
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-23T21:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-07-01T01:30:12
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037346 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94474 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9383
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9383
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:40:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:07:21 2017-01-23T21:59Z 2017-01-23T21:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:07:21 2017-07-01T01:30:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:07:21 Modified Vulnerability Status updated