CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7154

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via an invalid guest frame number.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xenDebian
Fixed in:4.6.0-1CVE-2016-7154
Fixed in:4.6.0-1CVE-2016-7154
Fixed in:4.6.0-1CVE-2016-7154
Fixed in:4.6.0-1CVE-2016-7154

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 ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days
39thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 39% of all known CVEs.

References

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CVE-2015-0313Critical9.896%KEVFix
CVE-2017-9798High7.595%-Fix
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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.