CVE-2018-19964
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service ...
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.5
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.
- Record
CVE-2018-19964- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.
- Record
CVE-2018-19964- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11634 No score
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.
- Record
EUVD-2018-11634- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5cpj-w97w-28px
6.5
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service ...
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.
- Record
GHSA-5cpj-w97w-28px- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2018-19964
6.5
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2018-19964- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.5
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.
- Record
CVE-2018-19964- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-19964
6.5
An issue was discovered in Xen 4.11.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS hang) because the p2m lock remains unavailable indefinitely in certain error conditions.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19964- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/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 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.11 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.12 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.13 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.14 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.15 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.16 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.17 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.18 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.19 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
xenAlpine:v3.20 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.21 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.22 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.23 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.24 |
4.11.0 up to 4.11.1-r0 | 4.11.1-r0 |
xenAlpine:v3.9 |
4.11.0 up to 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-2018-19964 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) 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 29th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.11.1-r0.
References
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-277.html
securityfocus.com/bid/106182
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19964
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cpj-w97w-28px
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-19964
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19964
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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
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