CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-18883

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 01, 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
4.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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An issue was discovered in Xen 4.9.x through 4.11.x, on Intel x86 platforms, allowing x86 HVM and PVH guests to cause a host OS denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact because nested VT-x is not properly restricted.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
XenXen4.9.0 (including)4.11.0 (including)
XenUbuntubionic*
XenUbuntucosmic*
XenUbuntudisco*
XenUbuntueoan*
XenUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
XenUbuntugroovy*
XenUbuntuhirsute*
XenUbuntuimpish*
XenUbuntutrusty*
XenUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References