Is CVE-2018-19966 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-19966 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-19966?

CVE-2018-19966 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-19966?

CVE-2018-19966 has an EPSS score of 0.44% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19966?

Upgrade xen on debian 11 to 4.11.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-19966

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because of an interpretation conflict for a union data structure associated with shadow paging. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-15595.

CWE-436

How to fix

Remediation Available

xenDebian

Fixed in:4.11.1-1CVE-2018-19966

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

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Patch1

xenbits.xen.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references3

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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.