Is CVE-2012-3515 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3515 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3515?

CVE-2012-3515 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-3515

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other products, when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend, allows local OS guest users to gain privileges via a crafted escape VT100 sequence that triggers the overwrite of a "device model's address space."

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 0.5% (45th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-3470)
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-2012-3470 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
qemu / qemu
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / virtualization
redhat / virtualization
redhat / virtualization
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
xen / xen
xen / xen

Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1235.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1236.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50528(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50632(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50689(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50860(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50913(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/10(Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55413(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1590-1(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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