Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-4544
CVE-2012-4544
Description
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.
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References
21- secunia.com/advisories/51071nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091832.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/091844.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/092050.htmlnvd
- 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/2014-03/msg00015.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00000.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/86619nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0241.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/51324nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/51352nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/51413nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/3nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56289nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79617nvd
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