CVE-2013-4356 json
Xen 4.3.x writes hypervisor mappings to certain shadow pagetables when live migration is performed on hosts with more than 5TB of RAM, whic…
published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4240
- cvss
- 5.4
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Xen 4.3.x writes hypervisor mappings to certain shadow pagetables when live migration is performed on hosts with more than 5TB of RAM, which allows local 64-bit PV guests to read or write to invalid memory and cause a denial of service (crash).
Patch / fix
- xen Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.4.0-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4356
- xen openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.7.0_12-1.3
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1
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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4356 updated cvss 1.0
Kernel: Xen: Xsa-64: memory leak by 64bit PV guests under live migration
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel-xennot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.4 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/54962
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2013/09/30/2
mailing-list
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securityfocus.com
/bid/62709
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2013-4356
- NVD CVE-2013-4356
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