CVE-2012-5513
Xen Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 13, 2012, 11:53 a.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 12:26 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2012-5513 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2012-5513 kernel: xen: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range. Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1540 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5513 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877391 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range. CVE-2012-5513 kernel: xen: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1540 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=877391 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5513 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/80482 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80482 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 13, 2012
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-5513
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.26165
percentile