Servers and applications
CVE-2016-7094
Buffer overflow in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators on guests running with shadow paging to cause a denial of service via a pagetable update.
- Severity
- Medium 4.1
- Published
- 21 Sept 2016
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 0.4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 33% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- Memory buffer errors (CWE-119)
- Attack
- Needs local access · Only under certain conditions · Needs an administrator account · No user action needed
- Attacker can
- Take it down
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen |
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