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.
Published: 2018-05-10
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1383-1 xen security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1549-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4201-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-3033 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:54:36.259Z

Reserved: 2018-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-10982

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-05-10T23:29:00.207

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:42:26.280

Link: CVE-2018-10982

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-10982 - Bugzilla

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