Is CVE-2018-10981 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-10981 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-10981?

CVE-2018-10981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-10981?

CVE-2018-10981 has an EPSS score of 0.44% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10981?

Upgrade xen on debian 11 to 4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-10981

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

xenDebian

Fixed in:4.8.3+xsa262+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u6CVE-2018-10981

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory5

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-13935	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36227	High	7.5	78%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-0778	High	7.5	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-14241	High	7.5	70%	-	-
CVE-2017-16944	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20353	High	8.6	63%	KEV	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.