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CVE-2018-19963

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service ...

7.8 HighFix available

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.36%Down 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.

Record
CVE-2018-19963
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.9 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-617
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.

Record
CVE-2018-19963
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11633 No score

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.

Record
EUVD-2018-11633
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fxvq-f6w2-c6gp 7.8

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service ...

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.

Record
GHSA-fxvq-f6w2-c6gp
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-617
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2018-19963 7.8

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2018-19963
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.8

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.

Record
CVE-2018-19963
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-19963 7.8

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11 allowing HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain host OS privileges because x86 IOREQ server resource accounting (for external emulators) was mishandled.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19963
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11520-1 No score

xen-4.15.1_01-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the xen-4.15.1_01-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11520-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:0003-1 No score

Security update for xen

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

  • Update to Xen 4.11.1 bug fix release (bsc#1027519)

  • CVE-2018-17963: Fixed an integer overflow issue in the QEMU emulator, which could occur when a packet with large packet size is processed. A user inside a guest could have used this flaw to crash the qemu process resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). (bsc#1111014)

  • CVE-2018-18849: Fixed an out of bounds memory access in the LSI53C895A SCSI host bus adapter emulation, which allowed a user and/or process to crash the qemu process resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). (bsc#1114423)

  • CVE-2018-18883: Fixed an issue related to inproper restriction of nested VT-x, which allowed a guest to cause Xen to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). (XSA-278) (bsc#1114405)

  • CVE-2018-19961, CVE-2018-19962: Fixed an issue related to insufficient TLB flushing with AMD IOMMUs, which potentially allowed a guest to escalate its privileges, may cause a Denial of Service (DoS) affecting the entire host, or may be able to access data it is not supposed to access. (XSA-275) (bsc#1115040)

  • CVE-2018-19963: Fixed the allocation of pages used to communicate with external emulators, which may have cuased Xen to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). (XSA-276) (bsc#1115043)

  • CVE-2018-19965: Fixed an issue related to the INVPCID instruction in case non-canonical addresses are accessed, which may allow a guest to cause Xen to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) affecting the entire host. (XSA-279) (bsc#1115045)

  • CVE-2018-19966: Fixed an issue related to a previous fix for XSA-240, which conflicted with shadow paging and allowed a guest to cause Xen to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) (XSA-280) (bsc#1115047)

  • CVE-2018-19967: Fixed HLE constructs that allowed guests to lock up the host, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS). (XSA-282) (bsc#1114988)

  • CVE-2018-19964: Fixed the incorrect error handling of p2m page removals, which allowed a guest to cause a deadlock, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) affecting the entire host. (XSA-277) (bsc#1115044)

  • CVE-2018-19665: Fixed an integer overflow resulting in memory corruption in various Bluetooth functions, allowing this to crash qemu process resulting in Denial of Service (DoS). (bsc#1117756).

Other bugs fixed:

  • Fixed an issue related to a domU hang on SLE12-SP3 HV (bsc#1108940)
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:0003-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xen
Alpine:v3.10
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.11
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.12
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.13
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.14
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.15
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.16
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.17
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.18
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.19
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xen
Alpine:v3.20
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.21
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.22
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.23
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.24
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Alpine:v3.9
before 4.11.1-r0
4.11.1-r0
xen
Debian:12
before 4.11.1-1
4.11.1-1
xen
Debian:13
before 4.11.1-1
4.11.1-1
xen
Debian:14
before 4.11.1-1
4.11.1-1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 4.11.1_02-2.3.1
4.11.1_02-2.3.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 4.11.1_02-2.3.1
4.11.1_02-2.3.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 4.11.1_02-2.3.1
4.11.1_02-2.3.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 4.11.1_02-2.3.1
4.11.1_02-2.3.1
xen
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 93 CVEs
before 4.15.1_01-1.2
4.15.1_01-1.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-19963 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Xen, published December 8, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.11.1-r0.

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