kernel: xen: nested HVM host crash / OOM condition
Published Mar 7, 2013
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.60%
Description
The do_hvm_op function in xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.2.x on the x86_32 platform does not prevent HVM_PARAM_NESTEDHVM (aka nested virtualization) operations, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (long-duration page mappings and host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to an HVM guest in a domain with a large number of VCPUs.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00603) | 46.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.60% (0.00603) | 43.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00127) | 29.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 52.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 50.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 48.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d60d7082289a74e44b3dc8f67df46c3404ca08bf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0151 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893144 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0151
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0151
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d60d7082289a74e44b3dc8f67df46c3404ca08bf | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0151 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893144 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0151 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0151 |
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