CVE-2018-12891

MEDIUMNVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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 points. A few rarely taken code paths did bypass such checks. By suitably enforcing the conditions through its own page table contents, a malicious guest may cause such bypasses to be used for an unbounded number of iterations. A malicious or buggy PV guest may cause a Denial of Service (DoS) affecting the entire host. Specifically, it may prevent use of a physical CPU for an indeterminate period of time. All Xen versions from 3.4 onwards are vulnerable. Xen versions 3.3 and earlier are vulnerable to an even wider class of attacks, due to them lacking preemption checks altogether in the affected code paths. Only x86 systems are affected. ARM systems are not affected. Only multi-vCPU x86 PV guests can leverage the vulnerability. x86 HVM or PVH guests as well as x86 single-vCPU PV ones cannot leverage the vulnerability.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
36%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 2, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (16)

Affected Packages

(26 across 26 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Alpine:v3.5(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.7.6-r0—
Alpine:v3.6(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.8.4-r0—
Alpine:v3.7(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.9.3-r0—
Alpine:v3.8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.10.1-r3—
Alpine:v3.9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.11.0-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen—4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen4.4.1-9 ... 4.4.4lts3-0+deb8u1 (14 versions)4.4.4lts4-0+deb8u1—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xen4.8.1-1+deb9u1 ... 4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u8 (10 versions)4.8.3+xsa267+shim4.10.1+xsa267-1+deb9u9—

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-12891?
CVE-2018-12891 is a medium vulnerability published on July 2, 2018. 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 points. A few rarely taken code paths did bypass such checks. By suitably enforcing the conditions…
When was CVE-2018-12891 disclosed?
CVE-2018-12891 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 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-2018-12891 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-12891 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 63.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-12891?
CVE-2018-12891 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-12891?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-12891, 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.

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