CVE-2012-2934 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen 4.0 and 4.1 when running 64-bit PV guests on specific older AMD CPUs. This flaw allows a local guest OS user to crash the host system by exploiting an AMD processor bug involving sequential instruction execution across a non-canonical boundary. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion beyond a single Reddit mention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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