Vulnerability CVE-2018-18883


Published: 2018-10-31   Modified: 2018-11-01

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-476

(NULL Pointer Dereference)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
XEN -> XEN 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105817
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042021
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-278.html

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