CVE-2012-5512
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.2
Description
Array index error in the HVMOP_set_mem_access handler in Xen 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.1.3-5 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.1.3-5 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.1.3-5 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.1.3-5 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.1.3-5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| citrix | xenserver | 4.1.0 | |
References
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51487
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/7
- http://www.osvdb.org/88132
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56799
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80481
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5512
CWEs
CWE-16
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.