4.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-7094
Xen Denial of Service Buffer Overflow
Description

Buffer overflow in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators on guests running with shadow paging to cause a denial of service via a pagetable update.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 21, 2016, 2:25 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 1, 2017, 1:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

0.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-7094 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
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-7094 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3663 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Sep. 22, 2016

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

    Sep. 21, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071 No Types Assigned http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa187-0001-x86-shadow-Avoid-overflowing-sh_ctxt-seg_reg.patch No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa187-0001-x86-shadow-Avoid-overflowing-sh_ctxt-seg_reg.patch Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036753 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036753 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-187.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-187.html Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92864 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92864 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 21, 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.
Exploit Prediction

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

0.07 }} 0.00%

score

0.28106

percentile

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