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CVE-2016-9386 (GCVE-0-2016-9386)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
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Summary
The x86 emulator in Xen does not properly treat x86 NULL segments as unusable when accessing memory, which might allow local HVM guest users to gain privileges via vectors involving "unexpected" base/limit values.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-191.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037340 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2016-11-22 00:00
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