CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-4551

MEDIUM
5.7
CVSS v2
NVD

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 service (host crash) via unspecified vectors related to "guest VMX instruction execution."

How to fix

Remediation Available
xenDebian
Fixed in:4.4.0-1CVE-2013-4551
Fixed in:4.4.0-1CVE-2013-4551
Fixed in:4.4.0-1CVE-2013-4551
Fixed in:4.4.0-1CVE-2013-4551

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.80%probability of exploitation in 30 days
52ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 52% of all known CVEs.

References

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