CVE-2016-9377 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen versions 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems lacking the NRip feature. A local HVM guest OS user can trigger a guest crash by exploiting miscalculations in IDT entries during emulated software interrupt generation. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
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.