CVE-2018-7541

Published: Feb 27, 2018Modified: Jun 17, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Xen: Xen · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xen Xen	Up to 4.10.0

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

References (18)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103177

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040775

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00003.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00013.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232096

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX232655

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4131

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-255.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103177