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CVE-2012-4537

Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, does not properly synchronize the p2m and m2p tables when the set_p2m_entry function fails, which allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and assertion failure), aka "Memory mapping failure DoS vulnerability."

  • Published: Nov 22, 2012
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2012-4537
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Software From Fixed in
xen / xen 3.4.0 3.4.0.x
xen / xen 4.0.4 4.0.4.x
xen / xen 4.0.2 4.0.2.x
xen / xen 4.1.2 4.1.2.x
xen / xen 3.4.4 3.4.4.x
xen / xen 4.0.0 4.0.0.x
xen / xen 4.1.1 4.1.1.x
xen / xen 4.2.0 4.2.0.x
xen / xen 4.1.0 4.1.0.x
xen / xen 3.4.3 3.4.3.x
xen / xen 4.1.3 4.1.3.x
xen / xen 3.4.2 3.4.2.x
xen / xen 3.4.1 3.4.1.x
xen / xen 4.0.1 4.0.1.x
xen / xen 4.0.3 4.0.3.x