ALPINE-CVE-2016-6258

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CVE-2016-6258
Published: 02 Aug 2016, 16:59
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Aug 2016, 16:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•xen

    < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.6.3-r1 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0 | < 4.7.0-r0

References (1)