CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-9381

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A race condition in QEMU in Xen allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain privileges by changing certain data on shared rings, known as a 'double fetch' vulnerability.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to systems, potentially leading to privilege escalation and security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update QEMU to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized changes.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Race condition in QEMU in Xen allows local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain privileges by changing certain data on shared rings, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS