MEDIUM
xen: ARM guests may induce host asynchronous abort (XSA-201)
Published Feb 27, 2017
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.46%
Description
Xen through 4.7.x allows local ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving a (1) data or (2) prefetch abort with the ESR_EL2.EA bit set.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
6.5 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
6.3 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
4.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.46% 0.00464
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00464
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00464) | 37.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00468) | 36.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 15.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-3-4.7.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-3.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9817 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399746 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9817
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9817
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/29/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/7 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94581 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037358 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-201.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-3-4.7.patch | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa201-3.patch | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9817 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399746 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9817 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9817 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 27, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Dec 4, 2016
Link CVE-2016-9817
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a