Vulnerability in Xen

CVE-2013-0151

The do_hvm_op function in xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.2.x on the x86_32 platform does not prevent HVM_PARAM_NESTEDHVM (aka nested virtualization) operations, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (long-duration page mappings and host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to an HVM guest in a domain with a large number of VCPUs.

EPSS: 0.006 (45.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Xen — versions 4.2.0, 4.2.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References