CVE-2012-5511: xen
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-5511 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 13-12-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the dirty video RAM tracking functionality in Xen 3.4 through 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large bitmap image.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.43%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
38%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.43% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- xen< 4.1.3-5
Xen1 product
- xen3.4.0 | 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
2 vendors · 2 products
References
19 links- support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777X Refsource CONFIRM
