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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2016-4440
HistoryJun 27, 2016 - 10:59 a.m.

Code injection

2016-06-2710:59:00
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8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.8%

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 mishandles the APICv on/off state, which allows guest OS users to obtain direct APIC MSR access on the host OS, and consequently cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS, via x2APIC mode.

CPENameOperatorVersion
linux_kernelge4.5
linux_kernellt4.7

8.1 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.8%