CVE-2013-4371 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-4371

Use-after-free vulnerability in the libxl_list_cpupool function in the libxl toolstack...

Vulnerability Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the libxl_list_cpupool function in the libxl toolstack library in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when running "under memory pressure," returns the original pointer when the realloc function fails, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xen
Vulnerable Versions:
4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: October 17th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.