CVE-2016-2271

Published: Feb 19, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.

Affected (2)

Products: Xen: Xen

Xen

1 product

Xen

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xen Xen	Version 4.6.0
Xen Xen	Version 4.6.1

References (14)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177990.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178518.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035043

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-170.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177990.html