CVE-2016-7094 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Xen 4.7.x and earlier, specifically impacting x86 HVM guest OS administrators. This flaw allows a highly privileged local attacker to trigger a denial of service by manipulating pagetable updates. While the attack complexity is high, the potential impact is a complete denial of service for the affected system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes like Metasploit or ExploitDB modules available, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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