Description
Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.
Published: 2016-04-19
Score: 8.8 High
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-571-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3554-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4969 Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.950Z

Reserved: 2016-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3960

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-19T14:59:03.047

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

Link: CVE-2016-3960

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3960 - Bugzilla

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