CVE-2018-12891
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x. Certain PV MMU operations may take a long time to process. For that reason Xen explicitly checks for the need to preempt the current vCPU at certain
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x. Certain PV MMU operations may take a long time to process. For that reason Xen explicitly checks for the need to preempt the current vCPU at certain
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-07-02 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 08:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-06-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-358Improperly Implemented Security Check for StandardBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3a3c03280c3c5e9a4f669f1d72ab8575f52303b333777bbc06b115154d506792
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-4236https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4236
- support.citrix.comhttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX235748
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201810-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181112 [SECURITY] [DLA 1577-1] xen security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00013.html
- xenbits.xen.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-264.html
- www.securitytracker.com1041201http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041201
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20180627 Xen Security Advisory 264 (CVE-2018-12891) - preemption checks bypassed in x86 PV MM handlinghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/27/10
- www.securityfocus.com104570http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104570
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xen No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xen No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.