CVE-2012-5510

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    CVE-2012-5510

    Published: 13 Dec 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/51397, http://secunia.com/advisories/51468, http://secunia.com/advisories/51486, http://secunia.com/advisories/51487, http://secunia.com/advisories/55082, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html, http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/6, http://www.osvdb.org/88128, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56794, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80478

    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
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