CVE-2012-5513
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5405)
- 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-2012-5405 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
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- xen / xen
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- xen / xen
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00000.html
- 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-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.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/51495(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/2012/12/03/11
- http://www.osvdb.org/88131
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56797
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80482
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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