CVE-2013-4551
Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when nested virtualization is disabled, does not properly check the emulation paths for (1) VMLAUNCH and (2) VMRESUME, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of
02 Description
Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when nested virtualization is disabled, does not properly check the emulation paths for (1) VMLAUNCH and (2) VMRESUME, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-11-15 18:16Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 86a2e0c30b207262ebe7538b1524f689d200a9e42bd98ac2aea57798e04eb87d
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxen-cve20134551-dos(88649)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88649
- www.securityfocus.com63625http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63625
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201407-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- www.securitytracker.com1029313http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029313
- secunia.com55398http://secunia.com/advisories/55398
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1876http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20131111 Xen Security Advisory 75 (CVE-2013-4551) - Host crash due to guest VMX instruction executionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/11/1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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