5.2

CVE-2013-4553: xen

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4553
Published 24-12-2013Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4553 is a medium (CVSS 5.2) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.2, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.2/10
010
Medium · 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 · Related 1
DSA-3006-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1

Timeline

  1. 24-12-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).

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< 4.4.0-1
Xen1 product
  • xen3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.4 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6.1 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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