CVE-2016-2271

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-02-17

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

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.9	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	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

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