CVE-2012-3515

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 None
Description
Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other products, when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend, allows local OS guest users to gain privileges via a crafted escape VT100 sequence that triggers the overwrite of a "device model's address space."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-3515
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-11-23T20:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:34:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.2.0
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:ltss:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:ltss:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:-:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:*:vmware:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/10 Mailing List Mitigation Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1590-1 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1235.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1236.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55413 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/50860 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50632 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50528 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50689 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50913 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git;a=log Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3515
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3515
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:23:37 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-02 16:04:00 2023-02-02T15:15:56 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 16:04:00 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 16:04:00 Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other products, when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend, allows local OS guest users to gain privileges via a crafted escape VT100 sequence that triggers the overwrite of a "device model's address space." CVE-2012-3515 qemu: VT100 emulation vulnerability Description updated
2023-02-13 05:05:16 2023-02-13T04:34:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:05:16 CVE-2012-3515 qemu: VT100 emulation vulnerability Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other products, when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend, allows local OS guest users to gain privileges via a crafted escape VT100 sequence that triggers the overwrite of a "device model's address space." Description updated