CVE-2016-1570

8.5 HIGH
Published: January 22, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
View on NVD

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-167.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034744
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-167.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
42th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

xen