CVE-2012-4535 — Infinite Loop in XEN

CWE-3997 documents6 sources
Severity
1.9LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
XENDebian XEN
Timeline
PublishedNov 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (Xen infinite loop and physical CPU consumption) by setting a VCPU with an "inappropriate deadline."

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/xen< xen 4.1.3-4 (bookworm)
▶Debianxen/xen< 4.1.3-4+3
▶NVDxen/xen15 versions+14

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cjmp-9gj7-24m6: Xen 3↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-4535: Xen 3↗2012-11-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: xen: VCPU timer overflow leads to PCPU deadlock and host death-by-watchdog↗2012-11-13
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Debian
CVE-2012-4535: xen - Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows local guest OS admini...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4535 kernel: xen: VCPU timer overflow leads to PCPU deadlock and host death-by-watchdog [fedora-all]↗2012-11-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4535 kernel: xen: VCPU timer overflow leads to PCPU deadlock and host death-by-watchdog↗2012-10-25
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