CVE•Published 2017-01-23•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-9383Xen · Xen
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Xen, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local x86 guest OS users to modify arbitrary memory and consequently obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (host crash), or execute arbitrary code on the host by leveraging broken emulation of bit test instructions.
Timeline
Published 2017-01-23
Modified 2026-05-13
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-9383Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Xen"Hosts Shodan identified as running Xen.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-9383Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-9383Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-9383Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-9383GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-9383" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2016-9383 on GitHub.