7.4

CVE-2013-2211: xen

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2013-2211
Published 28-08-2013Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-2211 is a high (CVSS 7.4) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.4, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.4/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-3006-1MGASA-2013-0197

Timeline

  1. 28-08-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The libxenlight (libxl) toolstack library in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x uses weak permissions for xenstore keys for paravirtualised and emulated serial console devices, which allows local guest administrators to modify the xenstore value via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.56% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • xen< 4.3.0-1
Xen1 product
  • xen4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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