When was CVE-2018-10981 disclosed?

CVE-2018-10981 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 10, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2018-10981 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-10981 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 21.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-10981?

CVE-2018-10981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2018-10981?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-10981, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2018-10981

MEDIUMNVD 6.5

6.5

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite loop) in situations where a QEMU device model attempts to make invalid transitions between states of a request.

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: —
EPSS: 21.6%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/3
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104149
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.html
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201
cve@mitrehttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-262.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/08/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104149
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00015.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-262.html

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2018-10981?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs

CVE-2018-10981

Published

Last Modified

References (14)

Weakness Classification(1)

Data Freshness Timeline

Frequently asked(5)

Dependency Blast Radius

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2018-10981?

CVE-2018-10981

📅 Published

🔄 Last Modified

🔗 References (14)

Weakness Classification(1)

Data Freshness Timeline

❓ Frequently asked(5)

Dependency Blast Radius

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2018-10981?

Published

Last Modified

References (14)

Frequently asked(5)