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CVE-2012-5511

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5511 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in Xen versions 3.4 through 4.1, specifically within the dirty video RAM tracking feature. This vulnerability allows a local HVM guest OS administrator to trigger a denial of service by providing a large bitmap image, leading to a system crash. With a CVSS score of 4.7, it has low attack complexity and requires local access, impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gogspatch availablevia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2012-5511Moderate

kernel: xen: several HVM operations do not validate the range of their inputs

Dec 3, 2012
gogsllm-gogs-8b863ee98f6e5108

several HVM operations do not validate the range of their inputs

Dec 3, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
secunia.com / advisories/51397
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51486
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51487
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/55082
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/80484
support.citrix.com / article/CTX135777
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2636
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/10
osvdb.org / 88129
securityfocus.com / bid/56796