CVE-2016-3960

8.8 HIGH

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

Description

Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.

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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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3554

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86318

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035587

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html