CVE-2012-4535
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (Xen infinite loop and physical CPU consumption) by setting a VCPU with an "inappropriate deadline."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4463)
- Published
- November 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4463 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
- xen / xen
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.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.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/87298
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51200
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027759
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80022
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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