CVE-2016-9383

N/A
Published: January 23, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsXenXenServer

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Xen· Xenwordpress-plugin
95%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94474
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037346
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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