CVE-2010-4238
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.9% (60th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4211)
- Published
- January 22, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4211 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- citrix / xen
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=4517(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45795
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655623(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64698
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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