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CVE-2016-2271 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector: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

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177990.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178518.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 CVE
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519 CVE

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
xen xen
4.6.0
4.6.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2271
NVD Published Date:
Feb 19, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2271 Details - Not Deferred