DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5513

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5513 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

6.900000095367432

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	xen	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Dec 13, 2012 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5513 advisory

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