What is CVE-2016-9384?

CVE-2016-9384 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2016-9384?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Xen

CVE-2016-9384

Xen 4.7 allows local guest OS users to obtain sensitive host information by loading a 32-bit ELF symbol table.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-02-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xen — versions 4.7.0, 4.7.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-194.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94468 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037343 (vdb-entry)
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa194.patch (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9384?: CVE-2016-9384 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2016-9384?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.