CVE-2012-6034 (GCVE-0-2012-6034)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-23 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21
VLAI
Summary
The (1) tmemc_save_get_next_page and (2) tmemc_save_get_next_inv functions and the (3) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_POOL_UUID sub-operation in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 "do not check incoming guest output buffer pointers," which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Date Public
2012-09-05 00:00
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