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CVE-2012-4538

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…

Medium4.9EPSS 0.44%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-4538, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

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