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CVE-2016-9637

Date: February 16, 2017

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 access.

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00005.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9637
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219136
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94699
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9637
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037397
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2963.html
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-199.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9637

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): HIGH
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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