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CVE-2016-1571

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1571 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xen versions 3.3.x through 4.6.x, including Citrix XenServer, affecting systems configured with shadow mode paging or nested virtualization. A local HVM guest user can crash the host by sending a crafted INVVPID instruction with a non-canonical guest address. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 6.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, requiring low privileges, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0128 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1571Important

xen: Intercept issue with INVLPG on non-canonical address causing host to crash

Jan 20, 2016

References

support.citrix.com / article/CTX205496
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3519
securitytracker.com / id/1034745
Third Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-168.html
Vendor Advisory