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CVE-2016-3960
Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly…
High8.8EPSS 0.46%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1035587 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-48e72b7bc5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-35d7b09908 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-75063477ca (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 86318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3554 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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