CVE-2012-4544
The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of
02 Description
The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators 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
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.0% 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
- 2012-10-31 16:00Z14 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
- 6549711287938de623496afc2505e9ee7375366e927f3593e7cfbef1ef06b005
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0470http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- secunia.com51071http://secunia.com/advisories/51071
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121026 Xen Security Advisory 25 (CVE-2012-4544) - Xen domain builder Out-of-memory due to malicious kernel/ramdiskhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/3
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17408http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091832.html
- secunia.com51413http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17204http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091844.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1486http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2636http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxen-pvdomainbuilder-dos(79617)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79617
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-17135http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092050.html
- www.securityfocus.com56289http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56289
- www.securitytracker.com1027699http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027699
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0241http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0241.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1572http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- osvdb.org86619http://osvdb.org/86619
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1487http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
- 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
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0411http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00015.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1573http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.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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