CVE-2016-9817 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen through version 4.7.x on ARM architectures. A local guest OS user can trigger a host crash by inducing specific data or prefetch aborts. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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