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CVE-2013-4494
Xen before 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x does not take the page_alloc_lock and grant_table.lock in the same order, which allows local guest…
Medium5.2EPSS 0.67%
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- redhat
Description
Xen before 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x does not take the page_alloc_lock and grant_table.lock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators with access to multiple vcpus to cause a denial of service (host deadlock) via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.2 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- SUSE-SU-2014:0470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131101 Xen Security Advisory 73 - Lock order reversal between page allocation and grant table locks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131101 Re: Xen Security Advisory 73 - Lock order reversal between page allocation and grant table locks (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0108 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201407-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1876 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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