Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-7154
CVE-2016-7154
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FIFO event channel code in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information via an invalid guest frame number.
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Affected products
7- Range: 4.4.x
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 4.4.4_08-40.2+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_08-40.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_08-40.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_04-22.22.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_08-40.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-188.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa188.patchnvdPatch
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92863nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036754nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.c7zero.info/stuff/csw2017_ExploringYourSystemDeeper_updated.pdfnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3663nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlnvd
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