CVE-2016-6259
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.2)—
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 6.2
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.64%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 49
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92130
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036447
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.html
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-4.6.patch
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-unstable.patch
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92130
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036447
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-183.html
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-4.6.patch
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa183-unstable.patch
Raw JSON (NVD)
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