What is the severity of CVE-2016-10025?

CVE-2016-10025 has a severity rating that indicates it can lead to a denial of service through a hypervisor crash.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10025?

To fix CVE-2016-10025, you should upgrade to a version of Xen that is not affected, such as Xen 4.8.1 or later.

What systems are affected by CVE-2016-10025?

CVE-2016-10025 affects Xen versions 4.6.x to 4.8.x on x86 systems using AMD virtualization extensions.

Can CVE-2016-10025 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2016-10025 requires local access to the HVM guest OS, making it a local privilege escalation issue rather than a remote exploit.

What impact does CVE-2016-10025 have on the hypervisor?

The impact of CVE-2016-10025 is a denial of service, causing the hypervisor to crash.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2016-10025

medium

5.5

CWE

476

26/1/2017

6/8/2024

CVE-2016-10025: Null Pointer Dereference

First published: Thu Jan 26 2017(Updated: )

VMFUNC emulation in Xen 4.6.x through 4.8.x on x86 systems using AMD virtualization extensions (aka SVM) allows local HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) by leveraging a missing NULL pointer check.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Xen XAPI	=4.6.0
Xen XAPI	=4.6.1
Xen XAPI	=4.6.3
Xen XAPI	=4.6.4
Xen XAPI	=4.7.0
Xen XAPI	=4.7.1
Xen XAPI	=4.8.0
XenServer	=6.0.2
XenServer	=6.2.0
XenServer	=6.5
XenServer	=7.0

Remedy

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-203.html

Remedy

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX219378

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10025?
CVE-2016-10025 has a severity rating that indicates it can lead to a denial of service through a hypervisor crash.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10025?
To fix CVE-2016-10025, you should upgrade to a version of Xen that is not affected, such as Xen 4.8.1 or later.
What systems are affected by CVE-2016-10025?
CVE-2016-10025 affects Xen versions 4.6.x to 4.8.x on x86 systems using AMD virtualization extensions.
Can CVE-2016-10025 be exploited remotely?
CVE-2016-10025 requires local access to the HVM guest OS, making it a local privilege escalation issue rather than a remote exploit.
What impact does CVE-2016-10025 have on the hypervisor?
The impact of CVE-2016-10025 is a denial of service, causing the hypervisor to crash.

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