DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7541

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CVE-2018-7541
Published: 27 Feb 2018, 19:29
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:19

Vulnerability Summary

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

Timeline

27 Feb 2018, 19:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or gain privileges by triggering a grant-table transition from v2 to v1.

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

  • debian•xen

    < 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5 | < 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5 | < 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5 | < 4.8.3+comet2+shim4.10.0+comet3-1+deb9u5

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