Description
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.8.x through 4.10.x allowing x86 PVH guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and hypervisor crash) by leveraging the mishandling of configurations that lack a Local APIC.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 6.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040776
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4131Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-256.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040776
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4131Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-256.htmlVendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 27, 2018
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified