CVE-2012-4537

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 21 Nov 2012, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 20:42

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
2.1 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Nov 2012, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 20:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, does not properly synchronize the p2m and m2p tables when the set_p2m_entry function fails, which allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and assertion failure), aka "Memory mapping failure DoS vulnerability."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 28%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-16•Configuration

    Weaknesses in this category are typically introduced during the configuration of the software.

Affected Systems

  • xen•xen

    3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.4 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.2.0

References (23)