CVE-2018-10982

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-05-10

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.

See more information about CVE-2018-10982 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8.8	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen)	OVMSA-2018-0272	2018-11-13
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2018-0271	2018-11-13

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