CVE-2013-1432 affects Xen versions 4.1.x and 4.2.x when the XSA-45 patch is applied. The vulnerability stems from improper reference maintenance of pages designated for deferred cleanup. This flaw allows local PV guest kernels to trigger a denial of service, leading to a hypervisor crash, or potentially escalate privileges through unspecified means. The CVSS score of 7.4 indicates a high severity, with an adjacent network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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