CVE-2018-19967

MEDIUM

Xen < 4.11.1 - Denial of Service via HLE Transaction Mishandling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x on Intel x86 platforms allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because Xen does not work around Intel's mishandling of certain HLE transactions associated with the KACQUIRE instruction prefix.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-282.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX239432
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4369
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106182

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
xen/xen < 4.11.1
Published Dec 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026