VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-4238

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-01-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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