CVE-2016-2271

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-02-17
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allowslocal HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.

See more information about CVE-2016-2271 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.9
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2016-0022	2016-03-11