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CVE-2016-9816
Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort…
Medium6.5EPSS 0.47%
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- mitre
Description
Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at EL2.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-2.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-56 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1037358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161129 Xen Security Advisory 201 - ARM guests may induce host asynchronous abort (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 94581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161204 Re: Xen Security Advisory 201 - ARM guests may induce host asynchronous abort (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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