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CVE-2012-4538 Details

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 service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html	CVE
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00004.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87306	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51200	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51324	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51352	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80025	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/3	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027762	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html	[email protected]
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00004.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/87306	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51200	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51324	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51352	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/51468	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80025	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/3	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027762	[email protected]

see all 42 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xen xen	4.0.0 4.1.0 4.2.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 26, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]