CVE-2012-3516
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.9)—
The GNTTABOP_swap_grant_ref sub-operation in the grant table hypercall in Xen 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 allows local guest kernels or administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted grant reference that triggers a write to an arbitrary hypervisor memory location.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 6.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.36%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 27
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-264
Referencias
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50530
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-18_grant_table_entry_swaps_have_inadequate_bounds_checking
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55411
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50530
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-18_grant_table_entry_swaps_have_inadequate_bounds_checking
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55411
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