CVE-2016-9377
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.07%
Description
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging IDT entry miscalculation.
How to fix CVE-2016-9377
To remediate CVE-2016-9377, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/xen—upgrade to 4.7.1-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.8.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9377 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.7.1-r1
- from 0, < 4.8.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |