CVE-2016-2271
Moderate
CVE-2016-2271
VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
February 19, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-2271
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VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177990.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178518.html
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035043
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-170.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03