CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-19961

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on AMD x86 platforms, possibly allowing guest OS users to gain host OS privileges because TLB flushes do not always occur after IOMMU mapping changes.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xenDebian
Fixed in:4.11.1-1CVE-2018-19961
Fixed in:4.11.1-1CVE-2018-19961
Fixed in:4.11.1-1CVE-2018-19961
Fixed in:4.11.1-1CVE-2018-19961

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 ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days
33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

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