CVE-2016-10024
6.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.14%
Description
Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel operations.
How to fix CVE-2016-10024
To remediate CVE-2016-10024, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/xen—upgrade to 4.7.1-r4 or later
- Debian/xen—upgrade to 4.8.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-10024 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.7.1-r4
- from 0, < 4.8.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |