CVE-2013-4553

The XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist hypercall in Xen 3.4.x through 4.3.x (possibly 4.3.1) does not always obtain the page_alloc_lock and mm_rwlock in the same order, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (host deadlock).

Published: 2013-12-24 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4553 is rated Low Risk (35.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4553

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.33% 0.56% +0.24%
2 2025-08-09 0.41% 0.33% -0.09%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.41% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4553

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 4.4 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4553

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4553

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-4553 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xen), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4553
gentoo high CVE-2013-4553: 1 GLSA(s) (201407-03), 3 atom(s) (app-emulations/xen, app-emulations/xen-pvgrub, app-emulations/xen-tools); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-4553
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4553
ubuntu low CVE-2013-4553 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (xen, xen-3.3), 12 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 5, released 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4553

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4553

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xen xen 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 3.4.4 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.1.6.1 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xen xen 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4553

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