CVE-2013-2078 — Improper Input Validation in XEN

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
XENDebian XEN
Timeline
PublishedAug 14
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Xen 4.0.2 through 4.0.4, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local PV guest users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via certain bit combinations to the XSETBV instruction.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:CExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/xen< xen 4.2.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianxen/xen< 4.2.2-1+3
▶NVDxen/xen12 versions+11

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-wh6h-93r6-prr7: Xen 4↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2013-2078: Xen 4↗2013-08-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: xen: Hypervisor crash due to missing exception recovery on XSETBV↗2013-06-03
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Debian
CVE-2013-2078: xen - Xen 4.0.2 through 4.0.4, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local PV guest users to cause a...↗2013
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-2078 kernel: xen: Hypervisor crash due to missing exception recovery on XSETBV [fedora-all]↗2013-06-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-2078 kernel: xen: Hypervisor crash due to missing exception recovery on XSETBV↗2013-05-17
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