CVE-2018-19961

HIGH

Xen <4.11.x - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 39.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-459
Status published
Products (6)
citrix/xenserver 7.0
citrix/xenserver 7.1 cu1
citrix/xenserver 7.5
citrix/xenserver 7.6
debian/debian_linux 9.0
xen/xen < 4.11.1
Published Dec 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026