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CVE-2012-6030

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6030 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) component of Xen versions 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2. Local guest OS users can exploit "broken locking checks" in an error path within the do_tmem_op function to crash the host system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6030

CVE-2012-6030

References

lists.xen.org / archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 85199
secunia.com / advisories/50472
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/55082
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78268
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201604-03
wiki.xen.org / wiki/Security_Announcements
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
securityfocus.com / bid/55410
securitytracker.com / id