Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2016-10024
Published: January 26, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32183
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10024
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to a crash the entire system.
Xen through 4.8.x allows local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrators to cause a denial of service (host hang or crash) by modifying the instruction stream asynchronously while performing certain kernel operations.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10024
Install update from vendor's website.