CVE-2016-9385
6.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.10%
Description
The x86 segment base write emulation functionality in Xen 4.4.x through 4.7.x allows local x86 PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) by leveraging lack of canonical address checks.
How to fix CVE-2016-9385
To remediate CVE-2016-9385, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/xen—upgrade to 4.7.1-r1 or later
- Debian/xen—upgrade to 4.8.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9385 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 | MEDIUM6.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |