CVE-2013-4551

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4551
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-18 02:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionXen 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.7 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.2.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.3.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Xen CVE-2013-4551 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xen: Multiple Vunlerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Xen VMX Permission Check Flaw Lets Local Users on the Guest System to Cause the Host System to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 75 (CVE-2013-4551) - Host crash due to guest VMX instruction execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1876-1: moderate: xen: security and bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA55398 - Xen HVM Guest VMLAUNCH / VMRESUME Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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