CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2271

Published: Feb 19, 2016 | Modified: Jul 01, 2017
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xen Xen 4.6.0 (including) 4.6.0 (including)
Xen Xen 4.6.1 (including) 4.6.1 (including)

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