# CVE-2016-7093: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-09-21 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-186.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92865
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa186-0001-x86-emulate-Correct-boundary-interactions-of-emulate.patch
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX216071
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036752
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-09

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