Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 22, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9378
CVE-2016-9378
Description
Xen 4.5.x through 4.7.x on AMD systems without the NRip feature, when emulating instructions that generate software interrupts, allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by leveraging an incorrect choice for software interrupt delivery.
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Affected products
204.5.x - 4.7.x+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: 4.5.x - 4.7.x
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 4.7.1_02-25.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.1_02-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.1_02-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.1_02-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.1_02-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_02-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_02-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_02-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_02-22.3.1
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