Vulnerability: Broken Emulation of Bit Test Instructions in Xen Hypervisor

CVE-2016-9383 · HIGH Severity

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

Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.

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