5.5

CVE-2016-2271: xen

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2271DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2271
Published 19-02-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2271 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 6
DLA-479-1DSA-3519-1MGASA-2016-0098OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1SUSE-SU-2016:0873-1SUSE-SU-2016:0955-1

Timeline

  1. 19-02-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • xen< 4.8.0~rc3-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • xen< 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.5
Xen1 product
  • xen4.6.0 | 4.6.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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