CVE-2012-3496
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
XENMEM_populate_physmap in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when translating paging mode is not used, allows local PV OS guest kernels to cause a denial of service (BUG triggered and host crash) via invalid flags such as MEMF_populate_on_demand.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-16
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3452)
- Published
- November 23, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3452 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- citrix / xenserver
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00002.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50530(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027481
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-14_XENMEM_populate_physmap_DoS_vulnerability
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2544
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/7
- http://www.osvdb.org/85200
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55412
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=854590
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78267
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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