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CVE-2016-7093

HIGH · CVSS 8.2 EPSS 0.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-09-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-7093
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.2
EPSS
0.43%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Xen 4.5.3, 4.6.3, and 4.7.x allow local HVM guest OS administrators to overwrite hypervisor memory and consequently gain host OS privileges by leveraging mishandling of instruction pointer truncation during emulation.