CVE-2012-5513
N/A
Published: December 13, 2012 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXen
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html
References (23)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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