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CVE-2010-4238
The vbd_create function in Xen 3.1.2, when the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 is used, allows guest OS users to…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.89%
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- redhat
Description
The vbd_create function in Xen 3.1.2, when the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic) via an attempted access to a virtual CD-ROM device through the blkback driver. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.5 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.89% · top 40% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=4517 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655623 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20111013 VMSA-2011-0012 VMware ESXi and ESX updates to third party libraries and ESX Service Console (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 46397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 42884 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 45795 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- xen-vdbcreate-dos(64698) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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