CVE-2016-9383

high
Published 2017-01-23 · Modified 2026-05-13
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

Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.

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-2016-9383

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9383.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-195.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.8.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.8.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.8.0-1
debian debiansidfixed4.8.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.8.0-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
citrixxenserver6.0.2
citrixxenserver6.2.0
citrixxenserver6.5
citrixxenserver7.0

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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