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CVE-2013-4551

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
18/11/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
5.70
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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