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 :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
0.5
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CVE-2016-7094 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3663 Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92864 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036753 Added Reference http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-187.html Added Reference http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa187-0001-x86-shadow-Avoid-overflowing-sh_ctxt-seg_reg.patch Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09 -
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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-7094 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-2016-7094
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.07 }} -0.04%
score
0.18449
percentile