CVE-2013-6457
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-6457 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-01-24 18:55:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | The libxlDomainGetNumaParameters function in the libxl driver (libxl/libxl_driver.c) in libvirt before 1.2.1 does not properly initialize the nodemap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an inactive domain to the virsh numatune command. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.2 from [email protected]
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 0.001350000 probability, percentile 0.328720000 (date 2026-05-03)
Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
AdjacentAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
SingleConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.10.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.4.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.4.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.7.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.7.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.7.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.7.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.7.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.7.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.7.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.8.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.11.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 0.9.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.5.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Redhat | Libvirt | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Advisory SA60895 - Gentoo update for libvirt - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2014:0268-1: moderate: update for libvirt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| USN-2093-1: libvirt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| [libvirt] [PATCH] libxl: avoid crashing if calling `virsh numatune' on i | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| [libvirt] CVE-2013-6457 Re: [PATCH] libxl: avoid crashing if calling `vi | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| libvirt: Releases | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | libvirt.org | |
| 1048629 – (CVE-2013-6457) CVE-2013-6457 libvirt: avoid crashing if calling 'virsh numatune' on an inactive domain (libxl) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.