Vulnerability in Xen
CVE-2012-5510
Xen 4.x, when downgrading the grant table version, does not properly remove the status page from the tracking list when freeing the page, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xen — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/6 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/55082 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html (vendor-advisory)
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/51397 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/51486 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-5510?
- CVE-2012-5510 is a vulnerability in Xen. Published 2012-12-13.
- Is CVE-2012-5510 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.