CVE-2016-4440

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4440
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4440.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4440
Downstream
Published
2016-06-27T10:59:07.783Z
Modified
2026-03-15T22:07:47.315757Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 mishandles the APICv on/off state, which allows guest OS users to obtain direct APIC MSR access on the host OS, and consequently cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS, via x2APIC mode.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4440.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "4.5"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.7"
            }
        ]
    }
]