Vulnerability CVE-2016-9378
Published: 2017-02-22

Description:
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
XEN -> XEN 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94475
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037345
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-196.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
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