Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6333
CVE-2012-6333
Description
Multiple HVM control operations in Xen 3.4 through 4.2 allow local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (physical CPU consumption) via a large input.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 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:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=3.4, <=4.2
Patches
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References
12- secunia.com/advisories/51397nvdVendor 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/2014-03/msg00021.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/55082nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xmlnvd
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/10nvd
- www.osvdb.org/88129nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56796nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80484nvd
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