CVE-2016-9383
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.14%Published: 1/23/2017Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-9383DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9383
Description
Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/xenfrom 0, < 4.7.1-r1
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.8.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |