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 cause a denial of
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-11-24 20:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 658982f81aa854e72f38c19efa730021d766c0a632ce64930562be608d582be9
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com55082http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- secunia.com51413http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- secunia.com51200http://secunia.com/advisories/51200
- www.securitytracker.com1027762http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027762
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201309-24http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- www.debian.orgDSA-2582http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1486http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
- osvdb.org87306http://osvdb.org/87306
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1572http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- secunia.com51468http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1487http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxen-hvmop-dos(80025)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80025
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0446http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- secunia.com51352http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
- secunia.com51324http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201604-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121113 Xen Security Advisory 23 (CVE-2012-4538) - Unhooking empty PAE entries DoS vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/3
- www.securityfocus.com56498http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1615http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1573http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- lists.xen.org[Xen-announce] 20121113 Xen Security Advisory 23 (CVE-2012-4538) - Unhooking empty PAE entries DoS vulnerabilityhttp://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00004.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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