CVE-2012-4544 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xen 4.2 and earlier, where the PV domain builder fails to validate the size of kernel or ramdisk images. This flaw allows a local guest administrator to exhaust domain 0 memory through a crafted kernel or ramdisk. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and resulting only in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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