CVE-2016-2271
Published Feb 19, 2016
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.1
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Evaluator
- Comment
- <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
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},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "B814C381-4991-495A-B530-7543F977B346"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]