CVE-2012-5511
Stack-based buffer overflow in the dirty video RAM tracking functionality in Xen 3.4 through 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large bitmap image.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the dirty video RAM tracking functionality in Xen 3.4 through 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large bitmap image.
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
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.5% 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
- 2012-12-13 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 403df0cafd1d1cd283ce647c1a2e58ecedbfe14d4682b16d5b749c795bc135a1
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com55082http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0133http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121203 Xen Security Advisory 27 (CVE-2012-5511) - several HVM operations do not validate the range of their inputshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/10
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0637http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- www.securityfocus.com56796http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56796
- support.citrix.comhttp://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201309-24http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- www.debian.orgDSA-2636http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636
- secunia.com51397http://secunia.com/advisories/51397
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1685http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html
- secunia.com51486http://secunia.com/advisories/51486
- secunia.com51487http://secunia.com/advisories/51487
- www.osvdb.org88129http://www.osvdb.org/88129
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0636http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0446http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1687http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:1615http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxen-hvm-dos(80484)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80484
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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