CVE-2012-5525: xen
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-5525 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Weaponized exploit (Metasploit, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 13-12-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The get_page_from_gfn hypercall function in Xen 4.2 allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted GFN that triggers a buffer over-read.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.60%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.60% 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
1 foundLinux DoS Xen 4.2.0 2012-5525
post/linux/dos/xen_420_dos
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Xen1 product
- xen4.2.0
1 vendor · 1 product