VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-6493

critical
Published 2016-08-19 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Citrix XenApp 6.x before 6.5 HRP07 and 7.x before 7.9 and Citrix XenDesktop before 7.9 might allow attackers to weaken an unspecified security mitigation via vectors related to memory permission.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX215460

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
citrixxenapp6.0.0.0
citrixxenapp6.5.0.0
citrixxenapp7.0.0.0
citrixxenapp7.1.0.0
citrixxenapp7.5.0.0
citrixxenapp7.6.0.0
citrixxenapp7.7.0.0
citrixxenapp7.8.0.0
citrixxendesktop{"endIncluding":"7.8"}

References

CWEs

CWE-254

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