CVE-2016-9381 (GCVE-0-2016-9381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-23 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
Summary
Race condition in QEMU in Xen allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain privileges by changing certain data on shared rings, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94476 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037344 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2016-11-22 00:00
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