CVE-2016-6258 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-6258

The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and...

Vulnerability Description

The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xen, xenserver
Vulnerable Versions:
3.4.0, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.5.0, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.3, 4.7.0, 6.0, 6.0.2, 6.1, 6.2.0, 6.5.0, 7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 2nd, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.