Unscored severity · published Nov 23, 2012
CVE-2012-6030
The do_tmem_op function 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 (host crash) and possibly have other…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The do_tmem_op function 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 (host crash) and possibly have other unspecified impacts via unspecified vectors related to "broken locking checks" in an "error path." 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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% 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-2012-6030
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6030
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/85199
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
wiki.xen.org
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
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