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CVE-2013-2196

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2196 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities within the Elf parser (libelf) in Xen 4.2.x and earlier versions. Local guest administrators with specific permissions could exploit these flaws using a crafted kernel, leading to an unspecified but potentially significant impact. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high severity due to local access, medium attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

citrixpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gogspatch availablevia llm_extracted
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2013-2196Important

xen: Multiple vulnerabilities in libelf PV kernel handling

Jun 3, 2013
gogsllm-gogs-ae994fe85015e559

Multiple vulnerabilities in libelf PV kernel handling

Jun 3, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/55082
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
support.citrix.com / article/CTX138058
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3006
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/06/20/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/06/20/4