CVE-2012-3497

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201309-24

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

(1) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_WEIGHT, (2) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_CAP, (3) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_FLAGS and (4) TMEMC_SAVE_END in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or memory corruption and host crash) or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a NULL client id.

(1) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_WEIGHT, (2) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_CAP, (3) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_FLAGS y (4) TMEMC_SAVE_END en el Transcendent Memory (TMEM) en Xen v4.0, v4.1, y v4.2 permite a usuarios locales del SO invitado causer una denegación de servicio (puntero nulo referenciado o corrupción de memoria y caída del host) o posiblemente tener unos impactos no especificados mediante un client id NULL.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Xen, allowing attackers on a Xen Virtual Machine to execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, or gain access to data on the host. Versions less than 4.2.2-r1 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-06-14 CVE Reserved
2012-11-23 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html	Mailing List
http://osvdb.org/85199	Vdb Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/51324	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51352	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html	2017-08-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html	2017-08-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472	2017-08-29
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml	2017-08-29
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities	2017-08-29
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03	2017-08-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.0.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.0.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.1.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.1.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.2.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.2.0"		-		Affected