CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-6034

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2012-11-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-11-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The (1) tmemc_save_get_next_page and (2) tmemc_save_get_next_inv functions and the (3) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_POOL_UUID sub-operation in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 "do not check incoming guest output buffer pointers," which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.

Affected configurations

• xen xen 4.0.0 • xen xen 4.1.0 • xen xen 4.2.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References