CVE-2016-3960: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-3960 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 5Timeline
- 19-04-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
40%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.46% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- xen< 4.8.0~rc3-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL22 | 23 | 24
Oracle1 product
- vm_server3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4
Ubuntu1 product
- xen< 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.6 | < 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1
Xen1 product
- xenna
5 vendors · 5 products
References
12 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443X Refsource CONFIRM
