CVE-2016-6259
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6259
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6259.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6259
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-08-02T16:59:09.133Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:09:33.069655Z
- Severity
-
- 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x do not implement Supervisor Mode Access Prevention (SMAP) whitelisting in 32-bit exception and event delivery, which allows local 32-bit PV guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (hypervisor and VM crash) by triggering a safety check.
- References
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
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source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6259.json"