CVE-2016-3960
Xen x86 Denial of Service Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 19, 2016, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:51 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
2.0
Affected Products
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CVE-2016-3960 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html Added Reference http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3554 Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86318 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035587 Added Reference http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3554 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035587 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/86318 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 12, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:vm_server:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 09, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 25, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 21, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a> Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.html Advisory, Patch Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 21, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-3960 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-3960
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.18 }} 0.01%
score
0.56024
percentile