CVE-2012-4538
CVSS V2 Medium 4.9
CVSS V3 None
Description
The HVMOP_pagetable_dying hypercall in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check the pagetable state when running on shadow pagetables, which allows a local HVM guest OS to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2012-4538
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2012-11-24T20:55:03
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-08-29T01:32:18
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- COMPLETE
- Base Score
- 4.9
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 6.9
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4538 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4538 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:48:37 | Added to TrackCVE |