CVE-2016-9386 (GCVE-0-2016-9386)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-23 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:50
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94471 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-191.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037340 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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