6.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-1571
Xen Shadow Mode Paging Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The paging_invlpg function in include/asm-x86/paging.h in Xen 3.3.x through 4.6.x, when using shadow mode paging or nested virtualization is enabled, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a non-canonical guest address in an INVVPID instruction, which triggers a hypervisor bug check.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 22, 2016, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2018, 4:26 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1571 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xen xen
1 Citrix xenserver
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-1571.

URL Resource
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205496 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034745 Third Party Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-168.html Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-1571 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-1571 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205496 No Types Assigned http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205496 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034745 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034745 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX205496
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-168.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-168.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-17
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1571 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1571 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.21 }} 0.00%

score

0.57162

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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