CVE-2011-1898

HIGH · CVSS 7.4 EPSS 0.85%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2011-08-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

CVE

CVE-2011-1898

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

7.4

EPSS

0.85%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not have interrupt remapping, allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges by "using DMA to generate MSI interrupts by writing to the interrupt injection registers."