CVE-2016-10024

medium

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 kernel operations.

References

Advisories
More

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037517

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95021

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-26

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H