CVE-2018-10981
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · xen/xen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 28 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104149Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-262.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104149Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201Third Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-262.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.