Unscored severity · published Dec 3, 2012
CVE-2012-2934
Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on "older" AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on "older" AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host hang) via sequential execution of instructions across a non-canonical boundary, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0217.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XE
Xen · Xen
4.0.0; 4.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2934
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2934
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
Patch
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00002.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
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