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CVE-2013-3898

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-11-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, when Hyper-V is used, does not ensure memory-address validity, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code in all guest OS instances, and allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash), via a guest-to-host hypercall with a crafted function parameter, aka "Address Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: all versions

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-092
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18851
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-092
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18851

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