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8.8high

CVE-2016-3960

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…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 40%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.46% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1035587 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • xenbits.xen.org /xsa/advisory-173.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • support.citrix.com /article/CTX209443 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/86318 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3554 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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