CVE-2012-0217

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
12/06/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The x86-64 kernel system-call functionality in Xen 4.1.2 and earlier, as used in Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier and other products; Oracle Solaris 11 and earlier; illumos before r13724; Joyent SmartOS before 20120614T184600Z; FreeBSD before 9.0-RELEASE-p3; NetBSD 6.0 Beta and earlier; Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1; and possibly other operating systems, when running on an Intel processor, incorrectly uses the sysret path in cases where a certain address is not a canonical address, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application. NOTE: because this issue is due to incorrect use of the Intel specification, it should have been split into separate identifiers; however, there was some value in preserving the original mapping of the multi-codebase coordinated-disclosure effort to a single identifier.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:illumos:illumos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* r13723 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:joyent:smartos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 20120614 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.1.2 (including)
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:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*


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