VDB
CVE-2016-6259
CVE-2016-6259
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.199999809265137 MEDIUM
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.
EPSS 0.64% · 48.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.199999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.64%
48.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xen | 0, 4.5.1-0ubuntu2, 4.6.0-1ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Jul 26, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6259 third-party-advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6259 third-party-advisory