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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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