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CVE-2018-7542

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.8.x through 4.10.x allowing x86 PVH guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 32%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.8.x through 4.10.x allowing x86 PVH guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and hypervisor crash) by leveraging the mishandling of configurations that lack a Local APIC.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

  • xenbits.xen.org /xsa/advisory-256.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201810-06 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1040776 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4131 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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