CVE-2012-3498

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    CVE-2012-3498

    Published: 23 Nov 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq in Xen 4.1 and 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly read hypervisor or guest memory via vectors related to a missing range check of map->index.

    References: http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/50472, http://secunia.com/advisories/50530, http://secunia.com/advisories/51413, http://secunia.com/advisories/55082, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851193, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html, http://osvdb.org/85198, http://securitytracker.com/id?1027483, http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708, http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-16_PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq_index_vulnerability, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55414, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78269

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High