CVE-2016-6258
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6258
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6258.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6258
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-02T16:59:08Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The PV pagetable code in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.7.x and earlier allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges by leveraging fast-paths for updating pagetable entries.
- References
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- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX214954
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3633
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92131
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036446
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-182.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.5.patch
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-4.6.patch
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa182-unstable.patch