Description
VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.
Published: 2016-02-19
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-479-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3519-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3355 VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:24:48.528Z

Reserved: 2016-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2271

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-19T16:59:01.177

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2271

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-02-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2271 - Bugzilla

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