CVE-2013-2072

Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-08-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0
xen: 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5 (+8)

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
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

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