DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4538

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2012-4538
Downstream
DSA-2582-1
Published: 24 Nov 2012, 20:55
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Nov 2012, 20:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.

Affected Systems

  • debian•xen

    < 4.1.3-4 | < 4.1.3-4 | < 4.1.3-4 | < 4.1.3-4

References (1)