xen: Insufficient TLB flushing in VT-d (iommu) code
Published Nov 23, 2013
7.9
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.39%
Description
Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using Intel VT-d for PCI passthrough, does not properly flush the TLB after clearing a present translation table entry, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service or gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to an "inverted boolean parameter."
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-xen
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01388) | 71.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01388) | 68.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.47% (0.00472) | 61.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.46% (0.04458) | 81.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 0.47% (0.00472) | 61.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 4.46% (0.04458) | 87.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 0.47% (0.00472) | 62.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 4.46% (0.04458) | 87.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.35% (0.00348) | 55.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 56.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 55.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00182) | 53.65th | 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 (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/20/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/21/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029369 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6375 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033138 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6375
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6375
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00059.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/20/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/21/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029369 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6375 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033138 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6375 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6375 |
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