CVE-2012-4544
The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 36% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- xen:xen
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091832.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091844.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html