Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-4537
CVE-2012-4537
Description
Xen 3.4 through 4.2, and possibly earlier versions, does not properly synchronize the p2m and m2p tables when the set_p2m_entry function fails, which allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and assertion failure), aka "Memory mapping failure DoS vulnerability."
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Affected products
17cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 more
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=3.4, <=4.2
Patches
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References
23- lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00005.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/87307nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/51200nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/51324nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/51352nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/51413nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/51468nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/55082nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/13/6nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56498nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80024nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03nvd
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