High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10982
CVE-2018-10982
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unexpectedly high interrupt number, array overrun, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain hypervisor privileges by setting up an HPET timer to deliver interrupts in IO-APIC mode, aka vHPET interrupt injection.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/xen&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 4.15.1_01-1.2+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15.1_01-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2_06-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-45.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5_21-45.25.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2_06-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2_06-3.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2_06-3.32.1
Patches
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References
7- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-261.htmlnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104150nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201nvdThird Party Advisory
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