CVE-2012-5510 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xen 4.x. When downgrading the grant table version, the hypervisor fails to properly remove a status page from its tracking list, allowing a local guest OS administrator to trigger a hypervisor crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with medium attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability (hypervisor crash). There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. The vulnerability has received minimal community attention and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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