CVE-2018-10982

Description

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.

8.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.07%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory xen.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.html	issue tracking mailing list third party 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	issue tracking mailing list third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104150	vdb entry third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/2	third party advisory mailing list
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-261.html	patch vendor advisory mitigation

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-10982?: CVE-2018-10982 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-10982?: To fix CVE-2018-10982, 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-2018-10982 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-10982 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.

This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.