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CVE-2018-19965

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19965 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen versions through 4.11.x, including various Citrix and Debian products utilizing Xen. A 64-bit PV guest OS user can crash the host OS due to an incorrect Meltdown mitigation causing a general protection fault with non-canonical addresses during TLB flushing. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.6), it requires local access with high attack complexity, but could lead to a complete host system shutdown. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.1:cu1:*:*:ltsr:*:*:*
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

citrixpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19965Important

xen: x86: DoS from attempting to use INVPCID with a non-canonical addresses

Nov 20, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXC6BME7SXJI2ZIATNXCAH7RGPI4UKTT
support.citrix.com / article/CTX239432
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4369
Third Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-279.html
MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106182
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry