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CVE-2013-4551
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)…
Medium5.7EPSS 0.80%
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- redhat
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.7 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.80% · top 43% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- xen-cve20134551-dos(88649) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 63625 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201407-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1029313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 55398 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1876 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131111 Xen Security Advisory 75 (CVE-2013-4551) - Host crash due to guest VMX instruction execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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