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CVE-2012-5514

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5514 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xen 4.2 and earlier, affecting the guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand function. A local guest HVM administrator can exploit this flaw to cause a system hang by improperly unlocking Guest Frame Numbers (GFNs). This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, leading to a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 61st 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-2012-5514Moderate

kernel: xen: Broken error handling in guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand()

Dec 3, 2012
gogsllm-gogs-3efdcdf19c29922f

Broken error handling in guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand()

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/51468
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/80483
support.citrix.com / article/CTX135777
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2582
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/12
osvdb.org / 88130
securityfocus.com / bid/56803