CVE-2018-10982

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    CVE-2018-10982

    Published: 10 May 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104150, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html, https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-261.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High