CVE-2018-10982
High
CVE-2018-10982
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.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
May 10, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-10982
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104150
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-261.html