CVE-2013-6457
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.2EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD
The libxlDomainGetNumaParameters function in the libxl driver (libxl/libxl_driver.c) in libvirt before 1.2.1 does not properly initialize the nodemap, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an inactive domain to the virsh numatune command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.7% (52th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6264)
- Published
- January 24, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6264 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / libvirt
- redhat / libvirt
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References
- http://libvirt.org/news.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00060.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2093-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048629(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01176.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2013-December/msg01258.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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