CVE-2016-3960

high
Published 2016-04-19 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3960

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
fedora fedora22affected
fedora fedora23affected
fedora fedora24affected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.8.0~rc3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.8.0~rc3-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.8.0~rc3-1
debian debiansidfixed4.8.0~rc3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.8.0~rc3-1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.