CVE-2018-10471

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds zero write and hypervisor crash) via unexpected INT 80 processing, because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5754.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory xen.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104003 third party advisory vdb entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 vendor advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-259.html mitigation vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-10471?
CVE-2018-10471 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-10471?
To fix CVE-2018-10471, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-10471 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-10471 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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