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CVE-2016-9381

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9381 describes a race condition vulnerability in QEMU, specifically affecting Xen and XenServer environments. This flaw allows a local x86 HVM guest OS administrator to escalate privileges by manipulating shared rings, a "double fetch" issue. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), exploitation requires high attack complexity and high privileges, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
21.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0029 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 160 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9381Important

xen: qemu incautious about shared ring processing (XSA-197)

Nov 22, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-56
Third Party Advisory
support.citrix.com / article/CTX218775
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94476
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037344
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-197.html
Third Party Advisory