CVE-2013-3898

HighCVSS 7.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, when Hyper-V is used, does not ensure memory-address validity, which allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code in all guest OS instances, and allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash), via a guest-to-host hypercall with a crafted function parameter, aka "Address Corruption Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.9/10AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Nov 13, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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