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CVE-2018-19967

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19967 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen through version 4.11.x on Intel x86 platforms, specifically impacting Debian and Xen installations. A malicious guest OS user can exploit this flaw to cause the host OS to hang due to Xen's failure to properly handle certain Intel HLE transactions. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5, this local attack requires low privileges and complexity, leading to a high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been observed.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19967Moderate

xen: guest use of HLE constructs may lock up host

Nov 6, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00057.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00072.html
support.citrix.com / article/CTX239432
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4369
Third Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-282.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106182
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry