CVE - CVE-2016-9382

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9382	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Xen 4.0.x through 4.7.x mishandle x86 task switches to VM86 mode, which allows local 32-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by leveraging a guest operating system that uses hardware task switching and allows a new task to start in VM86 mode.
References
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BID:94470 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94470 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-192.html CONFIRM:https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775 GENTOO:GLSA-201612-56 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 SECTRACK:1037341 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037341
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161117	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 (20161117)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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