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CVE-2016-2270

Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host reboot) via vectors related to multiple mappings of MMIO pages with different cachability settings.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
19 Feb 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
1.5% in the next 30 daysHigher than 74% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Weakness
Improper input validation (CWE-20)
Attack
Over the network · Needs an administrator account · No user action needed
Attacker can
Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Every version up to 4.6.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2270
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2270