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CVE-2012-5511

Date: December 13, 2012

Stack-based buffer overflow in the dirty video RAM tracking functionality in Xen 3.4 through 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large bitmap image.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.7

Related Resources (20)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2636

Url: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX135777

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51487

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51486

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51397

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5511

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00001.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00019.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00011.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56796

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-12/msg00018.html

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/88129

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80484

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/55082

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/03/10

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5511

Severity Score

5.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.7
Attack Vector (AV):	ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.7
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2012-5511

Date: December 13, 2012

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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