ALPINE-CVE-2018-18883

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CVE-2018-18883
Published: 01 Nov 2018, 00:29
Last modified:08 Jul 2026, 04:30

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Nov 2018, 00:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Jul 2026, 04:30
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.9.x through 4.11.x, on Intel x86 platforms, allowing x86 HVM and PVH guests to cause a host OS denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact because nested VT-x is not properly restricted.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•xen

    < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.11.1-r0 | < 4.8.5-r0 | < 4.9.3-r1 | < 4.10.2-r1 | < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.8.5-r0 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.9.3-r1 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.10.2-r1 | ≥ 4.9.0, < 4.11.1-r0

References (1)