CVE-2012-4544

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
31/10/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2.0 (including)
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*


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