Description
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.
Published: 2012-12-13
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2582-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5405 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:47.310Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5513

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-12-13T11:53:48.993

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5513

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-12-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5513 - Bugzilla

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