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CVE-2012-5513
The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.41%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% 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 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (23)
- RHSA-2012:1540 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 55082 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0133 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121203 Xen Security Advisory 29 (CVE-2012-5513) - XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- 51397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1685 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51486 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51487 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 56797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 51468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- xen-xenmemexchange-priv-esc(80482) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1687 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 88131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 51495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1606 (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)
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