Hypervisor Memory Overwrite Vulnerability in Xen 4.5.3, 4.6.3, and 4.7.x

CVE-2016-7093 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Xen 4.5.3, 4.6.3, and 4.7.x allow local HVM guest OS administrators to overwrite hypervisor memory and consequently gain host OS privileges by leveraging mishandling of instruction pointer truncation during emulation.

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