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CVE-2012-4539
Xen 4.0 through 4.2, when running 32-bit x86 PV guests on 64-bit hypervisors, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of…
Low2.1EPSS 0.43%
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- redhat
Description
Xen 4.0 through 4.2, when running 32-bit x86 PV guests on 64-bit hypervisors, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang or crash) via invalid arguments to GNTTABOP_get_status_frames, aka "Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 62% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (22)
- [oss-security] 20121113 Xen Security Advisory 24 (CVE-2012-4539) - Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 55082 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 87305 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 51413 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51200 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201309-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-2582 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1027763 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1486 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1685 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- xen-gnttabopgetstatus-dos(80026) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1572 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1487 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [Xen-announce] 20121113 Xen Security Advisory 24 (CVE-2012-4539) - Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51352 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201604-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 56498 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1573 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .