CVE-2016-9637
N/A
Published: February 16, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXenServer
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The (1) ioport_read and (2) ioport_write functions in Xen, when qemu is used as a device model within Xen, might allow local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain qemu process privileges via vectors involving an out-of-range ioport access.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2963.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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