CVE-2012-5513

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5513
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-13 11:53:48 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Xen Xen 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.0.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.1.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.1.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.3.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.3.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.3.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.4.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.0.4 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.1.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/88131 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com
oss-security - Xen Security Advisory 29 (CVE-2012-5513) - XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA51495 - SUSE update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0446-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1615-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1687-1: important: xen to fix vario af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0637-1: moderate: xen: security and bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0636-1: moderate: xen: security and bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA51468 - Debian update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0133-1: important: xen to fix vario af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0470-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1685-1: important: xen to fix vario af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Xen 'XENMEM_exchange' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA55082 - Gentoo update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1606-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2582-1 xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-5513 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 877391 – CVE-2012-5513 kernel: xen: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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