xen: Information leak via crafted user-supplied CDROM
Published Apr 27, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users (in certain configurations) to read arbitrary dom0 files via QMP live insertion of a CDROM, in conjunction with specifying the target file as the backing file of a snapshot.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xen
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00363) | 27.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00373) | 28.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00135) | 30.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 25.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 23.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 21.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 30.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (9)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104002 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10472 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566253 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10472
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10472
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-258.html x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104002 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10472 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566253 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10472 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10472 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-258.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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