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CVE-2013-4551

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4551 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xen versions 4.2.x and 4.3.x when nested virtualization is disabled. Local HVM guest users can crash the host system by exploiting improper checks in VMLAUNCH and VMRESUME emulation paths related to guest VMX instruction execution. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.7, indicating a medium severity, with an adjacent network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a complete availability impact. 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
4.2.0CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.7MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
5.5
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 1,749 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 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4551Moderate

xen: Host crash due to guest VMX instruction execution

Nov 8, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html
secunia.com / advisories/55398
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/88649
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/11/11/1
securityfocus.com / bid/63625
securitytracker.com / id/1029313