CVE-2013-2072

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 28 Aug 2013, 17:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 15:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.4 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.36% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Aug 2013, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 15:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in the Python bindings for the xc_vcpu_setaffinity call in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local administrators with permissions to configure VCPU affinity to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and xend toolstack crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted cpumap.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.4AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.36%• Percentile: 59%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • xen•xen

    4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4

References (7)