DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6258

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6258 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

8.800000190734863

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:14	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	xen	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Aug 2, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6258 advisory

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