CVE-2012-5513

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 13 Dec 2012, 11:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 21:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
6.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.14% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Dec 2012, 11:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 21:05
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.14%• Percentile: 34%

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 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 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

References (23)