CVE-2016-10013

Publication date 26 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Xen through 4.8.x allows local 64-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges by leveraging mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xen	17.04 zesty	Fixed 4.8.0-1ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 4.7.0-0ubuntu2.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.9
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.13

Notes

mdeslaur

This is XSA-204

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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