CVE-2018-19963
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.
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
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 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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:
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Update to Xen 4.11.1 bug fix release (bsc#1027519)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenAlpine:v3.10 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.11 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.12 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.13 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.14 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.15 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.16 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.17 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.18 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.19 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenAlpine:v3.20 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.21 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.22 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.23 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.24 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.9 |
before 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenDebian:12 |
before 4.11.1-1 | 4.11.1-1 |
xenDebian:13 |
before 4.11.1-1 | 4.11.1-1 |
xenDebian:14 |
before 4.11.1-1 | 4.11.1-1 |
xenSUSE: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 |
xenSUSE: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 |
xenSUSE: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 |
xenSUSE: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 |
xenopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 93 CVEs |
before 4.15.1_01-1.2 | 4.15.1_01-1.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE 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.
References
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-276.html
securityfocus.com/bid/106182
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19963
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxvq-f6w2-c6gp
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-19963
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19963
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suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190003-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1027519
bugzilla.suse.com/1108940
bugzilla.suse.com/1111014
bugzilla.suse.com/1114405
bugzilla.suse.com/1114423
bugzilla.suse.com/1114988
bugzilla.suse.com/1115040
bugzilla.suse.com/1115043
bugzilla.suse.com/1115044
bugzilla.suse.com/1115045
bugzilla.suse.com/1115047
bugzilla.suse.com/1117756
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17963
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18849
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18883
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19665
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