CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7094

MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xenDebian
Fixed in:4.8.0~rc3-1CVE-2016-7094
Fixed in:4.8.0~rc3-1CVE-2016-7094
Fixed in:4.8.0~rc3-1CVE-2016-7094
Fixed in:4.8.0~rc3-1CVE-2016-7094

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days
31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.