The x86 emulator in Xen does not properly treat x86 NULL segments as unusable when accessing memory, which might allow local HVM guest users to gain privileges via vectors involving "unexpected" base/limit values.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:37.602Z

Reserved: 2016-11-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9386

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:02.957

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:01:04.717

Link: CVE-2016-9386

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9386 - Bugzilla