CVE-2016-10024
Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain
02 Description
Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-01-26 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 03:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-12-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 477a4efa30f38a454afa33ab50df40be4fdbffaa6edf8f1fbcfc661f968740a3
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-56https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
- xenbits.xen.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html
- www.securityfocus.com95021http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95021
- www.debian.orgDSA-3847http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
- www.securitytracker.com1037517http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037517
- support.citrix.comhttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.9
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.