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CVE-2016-6259

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CVSS 3.0
6.2 medium
EPSS
<1%p49
Published
()
Modified
Description

Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.

Vendors
xencitrix
Products
xen, xenserver
Weakness
CWE-20
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.6%)

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