CVE-2016-7093 | BDVDB-2026-78222 Detail
Description#
Xen 4.5.3, 4.6.3, and 4.7.x allow local HVM guest OS administrators to overwrite hypervisor memory and consequently gain host OS privileges by leveraging mishandling of instruction pointer truncation during emulation.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-186.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92865
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa186-0001-x86-emulate-Correct-boundary-interactions-of-emulate.patch
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036752
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.