CVE-2016-2271 in Xen

Summary

VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.

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• Reservation: 02/08/2016
• Disclosure: 02/19/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-81025 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-476 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.2
• EPSS: 0.00066
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2271
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2271
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2271/