CVE-2016-2271

5.5 MEDIUM

Published: February 19, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177990.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178518.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035043

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-170.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177990.html