6.5

CVE-2016-9384: xen

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-9384UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9384DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9384
Published 22-02-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9384 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.39%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2017-0012OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11520-1SUSE-SU-2016:3067-1

Timeline

  1. 22-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Xen 4.7 allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive host information by loading a 32-bit ELF symbol table.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.39% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine1 product
  • xen< 4.7.1-r1
Debian1 product
  • xen< 4.8.0-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • xen< 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.2
Xen1 product
  • xen4.7.0 | 4.7.1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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