CVE-2012-3432

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

Description

The handle_mmio function in arch/x86/hvm/io.c in the MMIO operations emulator for Xen 3.3 and 4.x, when running an HVM guest, does not properly reset certain state information between emulation cycles, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via unspecified operations on MMIO regions.

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-2012-3432

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-07/msg01649.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.1.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.1.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.1.3-1
debian debiansidfixed4.1.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.1.3-1

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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