CVE-2012-6033
The do_tmem_control function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check privileges, which allows local guest OS users to access control stack operations via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5907)
- 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-2012-5907 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
References
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/85199
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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