CVE-2012-4544

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 31 Oct 2012, 16:00
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
0.09% LOW
0% probability -0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Oct 2012, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 20:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • xen•xen

    ≤ 4.2.0 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3

References (21)