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CVE-2016-10024

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10024 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen through version 4.8.x, including Citrix XenServer. A highly privileged local x86 PV guest OS kernel administrator can exploit this by asynchronously modifying instruction streams during specific kernel operations, leading to a host hang or crash. With a CVSS score of 6.0 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access but can result in a complete denial of service for the host system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

citrixpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10024Moderate

xen: x86 PV guests may be able to mask interrupts (XSA-202)

Dec 21, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-56
support.citrix.com / article/CTX219378
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3847
securityfocus.com / bid/95021
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037517
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-202.html
PatchVendor Advisory