CVE-2016-10024
medium
CVSS v3
6.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
60%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.8.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.8.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.8.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.8.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.8.0-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10024.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95021
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037517
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-202.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10024
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.