Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via an invalid guest frame number.
Published: 2016-09-21
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3663-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8022 Use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via an invalid guest frame number.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.467Z

Reserved: 2016-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7154

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-21T14:25:27.160

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

Link: CVE-2016-7154

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-09-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7154 - Bugzilla

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