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CVE-2016-10025

VMFUNC emulation in Xen 4.6.x through 4.8.x on x86 systems using AMD virtualization extensions (aka SVM) allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) by leveraging a missing NULL pointer check.

Severity
Medium 5.5
Published
26 Jan 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
0.5% in the next 30 daysHigher than 39% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Weakness
Null pointer dereference (CWE-476)
Attack
Needs local access · Needs a user account · No user action needed
Attacker can
Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Version 4.8.0
  • Version 4.7.1
  • Version 4.7.0
  • Version 4.6.4
All 7 release lines
  • Version 4.6.0
  • Version 4.6.1
  • Version 4.6.3
  • Version 4.6.4
  • Version 4.7.0
  • Version 4.7.1
  • Version 4.8.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10025
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10025