DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6259

DEBIAN-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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

6.199999809265137

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	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-2016-6259 advisory

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