Out-of-Bounds Affecting xen package, versions [3.4.0,4.1.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XEN-2383969
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Dec 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Dec 2012

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

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