CVE-2012-5510
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Xen 4.x, when downgrading the grant table version, does not properly remove the status page from the tracking list when freeing the page, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5402)
- Published
- December 13, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5402 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
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51397(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51468(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51486(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51487(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/6
- http://www.osvdb.org/88128
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56794
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80478
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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