CVE-2013-2072
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.4
Description
Buffer overflow in the Python bindings for the xc_vcpu_setaffinity call in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local administrators with permissions to configure VCPU affinity to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and xend toolstack crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted cpumap.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.2.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.2.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.2.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.2.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.2.2-1 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106718.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106721.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106778.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3041
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/17/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59982
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2072
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.