CVE-2013-2072: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.4. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the Python bindings for the xc_vcpu_setaffinity call in Xen 4.0.x, 4.1.x, and 4.2.x allows local administrators with permissions to configure VCPU affinity to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and xend toolstack crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted cpumap.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Xen Xen: version 4.1.0 only; version 4.1.1 only; version 4.1.2 only; version 4.1.3 only; version 4.1.4 only; version 4.1.5 only; …

Published 2013-08-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.