CVE-2018-10981

xen: qemu may drive Xen into unbounded loop (XSA-262)

Published May 10, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) in situations where a QEMU device model attempts to make invalid transitions between states of a request.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1383-1 xen security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1559-1 xen security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4201-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-3032 An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) in situations where a QEMU device model attempts to make invalid transitions between states of a request.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:54 AM
Reserved
May 10, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 10, 2018, 10:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 8, 2018, 12:00 AM