CVE - CVE-2016-7777

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-7777	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Xen 4.7.x and earlier does not properly honor CR0.TS and CR0.EM, which allows local x86 HVM guest OS users to read or modify FPU, MMX, or XMM register state information belonging to arbitrary tasks on the guest by modifying an instruction while the hypervisor is preparing to emulate it.
References
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BID:93344 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93344 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-190.html CONFIRM:https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX217363 GENTOO:GLSA-201611-09 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09 SECTRACK:1036942 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036942
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160909	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160909)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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