Vulnerability in Oracle Vm Server
CVE-2016-3960
Integer overflow in the x86 shadow pagetable code in Xen allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or possibly gain privileges by shadowing a superpage mapping.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oracle Vm Server — versions 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
- Xen
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22, 23, 24
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035587 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184209.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183275.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-173.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183350.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX209443
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/86318 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3554 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-3960?
- CVE-2016-3960 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Server, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-04-19.
- How severe is CVE-2016-3960?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-3960 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.