cve-2016-9386
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-23 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:50
Severity ?
Summary
The x86 emulator in Xen does not properly treat x86 NULL segments as unusable when accessing memory, which might allow local HVM guest users to gain privileges via vectors involving "unexpected" base/limit values.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94471Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037340Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-191.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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