Unscored severity · published Nov 24, 2012
CVE-2012-4538
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…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
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; 4.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4538
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4538
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
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
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
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