High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9637
CVE-2016-9637
Description
The (1) ioport_read and (2) ioport_write functions in Xen, when qemu is used as a device model within Xen, might allow local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain qemu process privileges via vectors involving an out-of-range ioport access.
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Affected products
25cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords20 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg: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%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205
< 4.15.1_01-1.2+ 19 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.1_01-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_02-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.1_02-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.1.6_08-32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_10-43.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_02-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.1_02-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_05-22.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_10-43.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_05-22.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_02-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.1_02-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.4_10-43.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.5.5_02-22.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.7.1_02-25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-30.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-30.1
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