CVE-2018-18883

N/A
Published: November 1, 2018 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXen

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.9.x through 4.11.x, on Intel x86 platforms, allowing x86 HVM and PVH guests to cause a host OS denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact because nested VT-x is not properly restricted.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Xen· Xenwordpress-plugin
95%
4.9.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.11.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105817
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042021
x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-278.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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