CVE-2013-4236

2.7 LOW 0.6% exploit odds Fix listed

What it is

VDSM in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 and 3.2 allows privileged guest users to cause the host to become "unavailable to the managment server" via invalid XML characters in a guest agent response. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-0167.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited from the same network segment with a login. Limited direct impact.
Exploit odds: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

2013-08-19 23:55 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-06-16 23:56 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 0.6% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 2.7 LOW (CVSS).
Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published: 2013-08-19 23:55 UTC
Last modified: 2026-06-16 23:56 UTC
Exploit probability: 0.6% · EPSS, next 30 days
Record status: Modified

Affected

Redhat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0
Redhat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 2.7

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Complexity: Low
Authentication: Single
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: Partial

Raw vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record