CVE-2013-4551
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.7EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (57th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4410)
- Published
- November 18, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4410 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55398(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/11/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63625
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029313
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88649
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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