ALPINE-CVE-2018-19962

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CVE-2018-19962
Published: 08 Dec 2018, 04:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:43

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Dec 2018, 04:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:43
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 small IOMMU mappings are unsafely combined into larger ones.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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 | < 4.8.5-r0 | < 4.9.3-r1 | < 4.10.2-r1 | < 4.11.1-r0

References (1)