VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-9816
Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at EL2.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at EL2.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 41th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- xen/xen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-2.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.htmlMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-2.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.