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CVE-2016-9816

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an asynchronous abort while at EL2.

Affected products

• xen: 4.7.0, 4.7.1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-2.patch
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html

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