CVE-2013-4239 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published 30 Sep 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service via memory corruption in the libvirt virtualization library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-4239?

CVE-2013-4239 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, published on 30 Sep 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The xenDaemonListDefinedDomains function in xen/xend_internal.c in libvirt 1.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via vectors involving the virConnectListDefinedDomains API function.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4239?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Libvirt.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4239?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-4239 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4239 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Libvirt vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4239, GHSA-5vqx-jv2p-m95q.