Vulnerability in Citrix Xenserver
CVE-2016-9637
The (1) ioport_read and (2) ioport_write functions in Xen, when qemu is used as a device model within Xen, might allow local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain qemu process privileges via vectors involving an out-of-range ioport acces…
EPSS: 0.001 (25.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Citrix Xenserver — versions 6.0.2, 6.2.0, 6.5
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9637?
- CVE-2016-9637 is a high-severity vulnerability in Citrix Xenserver, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-02-17.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9637?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.