CVE-2018-7540 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen through version 4.10.x, specifically impacting x86 PV guest operating systems. An attacker with local access to a guest OS can trigger a host OS CPU hang by exploiting non-preemptable L3/L4 pagetable freeing. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local privileges, but can lead to a complete denial of service for the host. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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