ghsa-6gg6-vw3j-g8pq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 02:37
Modified
2022-05-17 02:37
Details

Xen 4.0.x through 4.7.x mishandle x86 task switches to VM86 mode, which allows local 32-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by leveraging a guest operating system that uses hardware task switching and allows a new task to start in VM86 mode.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-9382"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-01-23T21:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Xen 4.0.x through 4.7.x mishandle x86 task switches to VM86 mode, which allows local 32-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by leveraging a guest operating system that uses hardware task switching and allows a new task to start in VM86 mode.",
  "id": "GHSA-6gg6-vw3j-g8pq",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:37:02Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:37:02Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9382"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94470"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037341"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-192.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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