CVE-2012-6033
The do_tmem_control function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check privileges, which allows local guest OS users to access control stack operations via
02 Description
The do_tmem_control function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check privileges, which allows local guest OS users to access control stack operations via
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
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.1% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2012-11-23 20:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-11-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e5b28cbb5a17157bd741fd18670d0b6729035fa2f69c22c624baa83c6ce41134
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com55082http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- www.securitytracker.com1027482http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
- wiki.xen.orghttp://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201309-24http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- www.securityfocus.com55410http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120905 Xen Security Advisory 15 (CVE-2012-3497) - multiple TMEM hypercall vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxen-tmem-priv-esc(78268)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268
- osvdb.org85199http://osvdb.org/85199
- lists.xen.org[Xen-announce] 20120905 Xen Security Advisory 15 (CVE-2012-3497) - multiple TMEM hypercall vulnerabilitieshttp://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
- secunia.com50472http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201604-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.1.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.1.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.1.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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