CVE-2012-5514
The guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand function in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly unlock the subject GFNs when checking if they are in use, which allows local guest HVM administrators to
02 Description
The guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand function in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly unlock the subject GFNs when checking if they are in use, which allows local guest HVM administrators to
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
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.0% 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
- 2012-12-13 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
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e9739431a0ca133d2bccd90216c3c16df94f0d5751517fdac0dfb4b300a66654
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
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0637http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- www.securityfocus.com56803http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56803
- support.citrix.comhttp://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201309-24http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- www.debian.orgDSA-2582http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxen-guestphysmapmark-dos(80483)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80483
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121203 Xen Security Advisory 30 (CVE-2012-5514) - Broken error handling in guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/12
- 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.org88130http://www.osvdb.org/88130
- secunia.com51468http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
- 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
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.1.3-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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