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CVE-2013-4554
Xen 3.0.3 through 4.1.x (possibly 4.1.6.1), 4.2.x (possibly 4.2.3), and 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not properly prevent access to…
- 5.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.61%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 50% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Xen 3.0.3 through 4.1.x (possibly 4.1.6.1), 4.2.x (possibly 4.2.3), and 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not properly prevent access to hypercalls, which allows local guest users to gain privileges via a crafted application running in ring 1 or 2.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 months later
· 7 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 | Medium5.2 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.61% · top 50% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- SUSE-SU-2014:0470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201407-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131126 Xen Security Advisory 76 (CVE-2013-4554) - Hypercalls exposed to privilege rings 1 and 2 of HVM guests (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1876 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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-2013-4413 (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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