CVE-2018-10981 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen through version 4.10.x, specifically impacting x86 HVM guest operating systems. An attacker with low privileges on a guest OS can trigger an infinite loop in the host OS by manipulating QEMU device model state transitions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high impact on availability, but it has low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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