CVE-2016-9378

medium

Description

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery.

References

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

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-196.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037345

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94475

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-22

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00061