CVE-2016-9777

KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allows guest OS users to gain host OS…

published December 28, 2016

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and host OS crash) via a crafted interrupt request, related to arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c and arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00380 · 30.6th percentile
Published
2016-12-28T07:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 DEC 07:42Z
    KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allows guest OS users to gain host OS…
    cvelistv5