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CVE-2016-9383

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9383 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Xen and Citrix XenServer on 64-bit hypervisors. It allows a local x86 guest OS user to exploit broken emulation of bit test instructions to modify arbitrary memory. This can lead to sensitive information disclosure, denial of service (host crash), or arbitrary code execution on the host. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH) due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 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, 0.2 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

citrixpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9383Important

xen: x86 64-bit bit test instruction emulation broken (XSA-195)

Nov 22, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-56
support.citrix.com / article/CTX218775
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94474
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037346
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-195.html
PatchVendor Advisory