Out-of-Bounds Affecting xen package, versions <4.1.3-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-XEN-367314
  • published13 Dec 2012
  • disclosed13 Dec 2012

Introduced: 13 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5511  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 xen to version 4.1.3-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xen package and not the xen package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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