CVE-2016-9386

The x86 emulator in Xen does not properly treat x86 NULL segments as unusable when accessing memory, which might allow local HVM guest users to gain privileges…

published January 23, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The x86 emulator in Xen does not properly treat x86 NULL segments as unusable when accessing memory, which might allow local HVM guest users to gain privileges via vectors involving "unexpected" base/limit values.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00446 · 37.5th percentile
Published
2017-01-23T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 JAN 21:00Z
    The x86 emulator in Xen does not properly treat x86 NULL segments as unusable when accessing memory, which might allow local HVM guest users to gain privileges…
    cvelistv5