CVE-2012-4539

low
Published 2012-11-21 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Xen 4.0 through 4.2, when running 32-bit x86 PV guests on 64-bit hypervisors, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang or crash) via invalid arguments to GNTTABOP_get_status_frames, aka "Grant table hypercall infinite loop DoS vulnerability."

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-2012-4539

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-11/msg00002.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.1.3-4
debian debianbullseyefixed4.1.3-4
debian debianforkyfixed4.1.3-4
debian debiansidfixed4.1.3-4
debian debiantrixiefixed4.1.3-4

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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