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CVE-2016-9381

high

Description

Race condition in QEMU in Xen allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain privileges by changing certain data on shared rings, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

References

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775

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

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-197.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037344

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94476

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-23

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00105