Name: CVE-2016-5242: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-5242, CVSS 5.6, EPSS 0.00137

The p2m_teardown function in arch/arm/p2m.c in Xen 4.4.x through 4.6.x allows local guest OS users with access to the driver domain to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by creating concurrent domains and holding references to them, related to VMID exhaustion.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.6
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade xen	Sep 20, 2017	Jun 7, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade xen	Jul 28, 2016	Jun 7, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade xen	Nov 19, 2024	Jun 7, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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