CVE-2016-4962 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-4962

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local...

Vulnerability Description

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

vm server, xen
Vulnerable Versions:
3.3, 3.4, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.6.0, 4.6.1

Timeline

Official Publish: June 7th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.