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CVE-2018-10982

Published: May 10, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10982
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unexpectedly high interrupt number, array overrun, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain hypervisor privileges by setting up an HPET timer to deliver interrupts in IO-APIC mode, aka vHPET interrupt injection.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
XenXen*4.10.1 (including)
XenUbuntuartful*
XenUbuntubionic*
XenUbuntucosmic*
XenUbuntudisco*
XenUbuntueoan*
XenUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
XenUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
XenUbuntugroovy*
XenUbuntuhirsute*
XenUbuntuimpish*
XenUbuntutrusty*
XenUbuntuupstream*
XenUbuntuxenial*

References

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