CVE-2012-3516
N/A
Published: November 23, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsXenXenServer
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref sub-operation in the grant table hypercall in Xen 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 allows local guest kernels or administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted grant reference that triggers a write to an arbitrary hypervisor memory location.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/11Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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