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CVE-2016-9382

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CVSS 3.0
7.8 high
EPSS
<1%p38
Published
()
Modified
Description

Xen 4.0.x through 4.7.x mishandle x86 task switches to VM86 mode, which allows local 32-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by leveraging a guest operating system that uses hardware task switching and allows a new task to start in VM86 mode.

Vendors
xencitrix
Products
xen, xenserver
Weakness
CWE-264
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.5%)

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