CVE-2018-18883

high

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.

References

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-278.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042021

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105817

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-01

Updated: 2019-01-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High