CVE-2013-4554

Xen <4.1.6.1-4.3.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Xen 3.0.3 through 4.1.x (possibly 4.1.6.1), 4.2.x (possibly 4.2.3), and 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not properly prevent access to hypercalls, which allows local guest users to gain privileges via a crafted application running in ring 1 or 2.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/9
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 43.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (34)
xen/xen 3.0.3
xen/xen 3.0.4
xen/xen 3.1.3
xen/xen 3.1.4
xen/xen 3.2.0
xen/xen 3.2.1
xen/xen 3.2.2
xen/xen 3.2.3
xen/xen 3.3.0
xen/xen 3.3.1
... and 24 more
Published Dec 24, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026