CVE-2016-2271

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    CVE-2016-2271

    Published: 19 Feb 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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.securitytracker.com/id/1035043, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03, http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-170.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High