CVE-2016-1570
The PV superpage functionality in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1, and 4.1.x through 4.6.x allows local PV guests to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, gain privileges, or have
02 Description
The PV superpage functionality in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 3.4.0, 3.4.1, and 4.1.x through 4.6.x allows local PV guests to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, gain privileges, or have
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
- 1.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 66.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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
- 2016-01-22 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-11
- 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
- 30e52245a42c56f8351827ed3b0ac5f6d675d9cd8bae2151e8559dc4ed6c4235
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3519http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
- www.securitytracker.com1034744http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034744
- xenbits.xen.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-167.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.8.0~rc3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.8.0~rc3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.8.0~rc3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5
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.