CVE-2016-9382 | BDVDB-2026-80608 Detail

Description#

Xen 4.0.x through 4.7.x mishandle x86 task switches to VM86 mode, which allows local 32-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by leveraging a guest operating system that uses hardware task switching and allows a new task to start in VM86 mode.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94470
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-192.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037341
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-01-23Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.