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CVE-2013-2212

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% 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

The vmx_set_uc_mode function in Xen 3.3 through 4.3, when disabling caches, allows local HVM guests with access to memory mapped I/O regions to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly hypervisor or guest kernel panic) via a crafted GFN range.

Affected products

• xen: 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2 (+17)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/24/6
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/24/6
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04

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