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CVE-2016-7154

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7154 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code of Xen 4.4.x, allowing local guest OS administrators to trigger a host crash and potentially execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), it requires high privileges on the guest OS but can lead to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7154Important

xen: use after free in FIFO event channel code

Sep 8, 2016

References

support.citrix.com / article/CTX216071
Third Party Advisory
c7zero.info / stuff/csw2017_ExploringYourSystemDeeper_updated.pdf
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3663
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
securityfocus.com / bid/92863
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036754
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-188.html
PatchVendor Advisory
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/xsa188.patch
Patch