CVE-2016-9377 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-9377

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip...

Vulnerability Description

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging IDT entry miscalculation.

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

xen
Vulnerable Versions:
4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.5, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.7.0, 4.7.1

Timeline

Official Publish: February 22nd, 2017
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:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.