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CVE-2016-7777

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7777 describes a vulnerability in Xen 4.7.x and earlier hypervisors where improper handling of CR0.TS and CR0.EM allows local x86 HVM guest OS users to access or modify FPU, MMX, or XMM register state information of other guest tasks. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.3) requires high attack complexity and low privileges, potentially leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 1,296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 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 0.4 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-2016-7777Moderate

xen: CR0.TS and CR0.EM not always honored for x86 HVM guests (XSA-190)

Oct 4, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-09
support.citrix.com / article/CTX217363
securityfocus.com / bid/93344
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036942
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-190.html
MitigationPatchVendor Advisory