CVE-2013-0231
The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- [oss-security] 20130205 Xen Security Advisory 43 (CVE-2013-0231) - Linux pciback DoS via not rate limited log messages. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 57740 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- xen-pcibackenablemsi-dos(81923) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0395 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 52059 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:0674 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0925 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-2632 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 89903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-0265 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-0231)Record last updated .