CVE-2013-4551

Xen 4.2.x-4.3.x - Denial of Service via Guest VMX Instruction Execution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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."

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88649
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63625
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029313
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55398
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/11/1

Scores

EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (6)
xen/xen 4.2.0
xen/xen 4.2.1
xen/xen 4.2.2
xen/xen 4.2.3
xen/xen 4.3.0
xen/xen 4.3.1
Published Nov 18, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026