CVE-2013-4370 (GCVE-0-2013-4370)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-17 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
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Summary
The ocaml binding for the xc_vcpu_getaffinity function in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x frees certain memory that may still be intended for use, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a (1) use-after-free or (2) double free.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Date Public
2013-10-10 00:00
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