Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-5510
CVE-2012-5510
Description
Xen 4.x, when downgrading the grant table version, does not properly remove the status page from the tracking list when freeing the page, which allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) via unspecified vectors.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- 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: 4.x
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References
19- secunia.com/advisories/51397nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/51468nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/51486nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/51487nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/55082nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xmlnvd
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/6nvd
- www.osvdb.org/88128nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56794nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80478nvd
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