CVE-2016-6258
HIGH8.8EPSS 0.11%Published: 8/2/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/xenfrom 0, < 4.7.0-r0
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.8.0~rc3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |