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DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3494

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3494 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

The set_debugreg hypercall in include/asm-x86/debugreg.h in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when running on x86-64 systems, allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing to the reserved bits of the DR7 debug control register.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14xen0, 0, 0
Debian:12xen0, 0, 0
Debian:11xen0, 0, 0
Debian:13xen0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Nov 23, 2012 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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