Vulnerability in Xen
CVE-2012-6032
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) tmh_copy_from_client and (2) tmh_copy_to_client functions in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/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 (33.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.6% 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, 4.1.0, 4.2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/55082 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements (Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8 (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268 (vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/85199 (vdb-entry)
- lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/50472 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)