CVE-2010-4238

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The vbd_create function in Xen 3.1.2, when the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic) via an attempted access to a virtual CD-ROM device through the blkback driver. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.5/10AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 22, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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