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CVE-2016-4962 json

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption…

published 2016-06-07 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5936

cvss
6.7
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.

Patch / fix

  • xen Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.8.0~rc3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4962

  • xen Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.6
  • xen Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4962

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 4.4.4_07-37.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 4.5.3_08-17.1
  • xen SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12-LTSS 4.4.4_04-22.22.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2533-1SUSE-SU-2016:2100-1SUSE-SU-2016:2093-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-4962 updated cvss 6.0

xen: Unsanitised guest input in libxl device handling code (XSA-175)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xen
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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