8.4
CVSSv3

CVE-2016-4480

Published: 18/05/2016 Updated: 01/12/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.4 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.5
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The guest_walk_tables function in arch/x86/mm/guest_walk.c in Xen 4.6.x and previous versions does not properly handle the Page Size (PS) page table entry bit at the L4 and L3 page table levels, which might allow local guest OS users to gain privileges via a crafted mapping of memory.

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Xen hypervisor The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2015-8338 Julien Grall discovered that Xen on ARM was susceptible to denial of service via long running memory operations CVE-2016-4480 Jan Beulich discovered that incorrect page ...