8.2

CVE-2016-7092: xen

CVSS: 8.2v3.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-7092UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7092DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7092
Published 21-09-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7092 is a high (CVSS 8.2) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.2/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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-614-1DSA-3663-1MGASA-2017-0012OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1SUSE-SU-2016:2473-1SUSE-SU-2016:2507-1

Timeline

  1. 21-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.39% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

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

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • xen< 4.7.0-r1 | < 4.6.3-r2
Debian1 product
  • xen< 4.8.0~rc3-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • xen< 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.7 | < 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2
Xen1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

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