CVE-2012-2934

low
Published 2012-12-03 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
1.9
VIR risk
1.9

Description

Xen 4.0, and 4.1, when running a 64-bit PV guest on "older" AMD CPUs, does not properly protect against a certain AMD processor bug, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host hang) via sequential execution of instructions across a non-canonical boundary, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0217.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2934

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-06/msg00002.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1
debian debiansidfixed4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.