CVE-2013-3898 — 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."

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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."

Published Nov 13, 2013

7.9

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.75%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.75% 0.01752

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01752

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 (15 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.75% (0.01752)	77.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.75% (0.01752)	74.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.25% (0.00252)	46.59th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	31.28% (0.31281)	96.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 7, 2024	11.92% (0.11915)	95.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 3, 2024	8.78% (0.08781)	94.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 31, 2024	6.40% (0.06397)	93.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 7, 2024	5.51% (0.05514)	93.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 25, 2023	7.60% (0.07602)	93.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 9, 2023	5.55% (0.05554)	92.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 25, 2023	3.71% (0.03712)	90.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.04% (0.01042)	81.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	10.36% (0.10364)	94.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	10.36% (0.10364)	94.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	10.36% (0.10364)	87.66th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-092
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18851
vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-317A		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-092		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18851		vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner microsoft

Published Nov 13, 2013

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 3, 2013

Link CVE-2013-3898

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2013-3898

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2013-3898