Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32192

Improper access control in Xen - CVE-2016-9818

Published: February 28, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32192

CSH Severity: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9818

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Xen

Software vendor:
Xen Project

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to a crash the entire system.

Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at HYP.

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