CVE-2016-3158 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Low CVE-2016-3158

The xrstor function in arch/x86/xstate.c in Xen 4.x does not...

Vulnerability Description

The xrstor function in arch/x86/xstate.c in Xen 4.x does not properly handle writes to the hardware FSW.ES bit when running on AMD64 processors, which allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive register content information from another guest by leveraging pending exception and mask bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-2076.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2016-3158

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xen, fedora, vm server
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 22, 23, 3.3, 3.4

Timeline

Official Publish: April 13th, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.