ALPINE-CVE-2018-19967

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CVE-2018-19967
Published: 08 Dec 2018, 04:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:43

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
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 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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/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)