Every CVESearch/Get API key

CVE-2012-5513

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address,...

6.9 MediumFix available

CVE-2012-5513 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Xen, published November 22, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.1.3-5.

What does this mean?
Severity
6.9 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
0.41%EPSS, 35th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
4.1.3-5xen +37 more

Description

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Exploit likelihood

0.41%Down 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xen
Debian:12
before 4.1.3-5
4.1.3-5
xen
Debian:13
before 4.1.3-5
4.1.3-5
xen
Debian:14
before 4.1.3-5
4.1.3-5
xen
Debian:6.0
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 4.0.1-5.5, plus listed versions
4.0.1-24.0.1-44.0.1-54.0.1-5.14.0.1-5.24.0.1-5.34.0.1-5.4
4.0.1-5.5
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
Show 28 moreShow less
Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-PAE
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-PAE-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-PAE-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debug
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debug-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-debuginfo-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-headers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-kdump
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-kdump-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-kdump-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-xen
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-xen-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
kernel-xen-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
0:2.6.18-308.24.1.el5
xen
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 124 CVEs
before 4.7.0_12-1.3
4.7.0_12-1.3

What each source reports

NVD Score used6.9

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Record
CVE-2012-5513
CVSS 2.0
6.9 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Record
CVE-2012-5513
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5405No score

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Record
EUVD-2012-5405
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g9gx-4mw5-3rg7No score

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address,...

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Record
GHSA-g9gx-4mw5-3rg7
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVNo score

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Record
CVE-2012-5513
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-5513No score

The XENMEM_exchange handler in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not properly check the memory address, which allows local PV guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that overwrite memory in the hypervisor reserved range.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5513
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1No score

xen-4.7.0_12-1.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the xen-4.7.0_12-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0940-1No score

Security update for Xen

This update fixes the following security issues in Xen:

* CVE-2012-5510: Grant table version switch list corruption
  vulnerability (XSA-26)
* CVE-2012-5511: Several HVM operations do not validate the range of
  their inputs (XSA-27)
* CVE-2012-5513: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory
  (XSA-29)
* CVE-2012-5514: Missing unlock in
  guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand() (XSA-30)
* CVE-2012-5515: Several memory hypercall operations allow invalid
  extent order values (XSA-31)

Also the following fix has been applied:

* bnc#777628 - guest 'disappears' after live migration
  Updated block-dmmd script

Security Issues references:

* CVE-2012-5513
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5513>
* CVE-2012-5514
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5514>
* CVE-2012-5511
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5511>
* CVE-2012-5510
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5510>
* CVE-2012-5515
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5515>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0940-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0944-1No score

Security update for Xen

XEN has been updated to fix various bugs and security issues:

* 

  CVE-2013-0153: (XSA 36) To avoid an erratum in early hardware, the
  Xen AMD IOMMU code by default choose to use a single interrupt
  remapping table for the whole system. This sharing implied that any
  guest with a passed through PCI device that is bus mastering capable
  can inject interrupts into other guests, including domain 0. This has
  been disabled for AMD chipsets not capable of it.

* 

  CVE-2012-6075: qemu: The e1000 had overflows under some conditions,
  potentially corrupting memory.

* 

  CVE-2013-0154: (XSA 37) Hypervisor crash due to incorrect ASSERT
  (debug build only)

* 

  CVE-2012-5634: (XSA-33) A VT-d interrupt remapping source validation
  flaw was fixed.

Also the following bugs have been fixed:

* bnc#805094 - xen hot plug attach/detach fails
* bnc#802690 - domain locking can prevent a live migration from
  completing
* bnc#797014 - no way to control live migrations
      o fix logic error in stdiostream_progress
      o restore logging in xc_save
      o add options to control migration tunables
* bnc#806736: enabling xentrace crashes hypervisor
* Upstream patches from Jan 26287-sched-credit-pick-idle.patch
  26501-VMX-simplify-CR0-update.patch
  26502-VMX-disable-SMEP-when-not-paging.patch
  26516-ACPI-parse-table-retval.patch (Replaces
  CVE-2013-0153-xsa36.patch) 26517-AMD-IOMMU-clear-irtes.patch
  (Replaces CVE-2013-0153-xsa36.patch)
  26518-AMD-IOMMU-disable-if-SATA-combined-mode.patch (Replaces
  CVE-2013-0153-xsa36.patch)
  26519-AMD-IOMMU-perdev-intremap-default.patch (Replaces
  CVE-2013-0153-xsa36.patch) 26526-pvdrv-no-devinit.patch
  26531-AMD-IOMMU-IVHD-special-missing.patch (Replaces
  CVE-2013-0153-xsa36.patch)
* bnc#798188 - Add $network to xend initscript dependencies
* bnc#799694 - Unable to dvd or cdrom-boot DomU after xen-tools update
  Fixed with update to Xen version 4.1.4
* bnc#800156 - L3: HP iLo Generate NMI function not working in XEN
  kernel
* Upstream patches from Jan 26404-x86-forward-both-NMI-kinds.patch
  26427-x86-AMD-enable-WC+.patch
* bnc#793927 - Xen VMs with more than 2 disks randomly fail to start
* Upstream patches from Jan 26332-x86-compat-show-guest-stack-mfn.patch
  26333-x86-get_page_type-assert.patch (Replaces
  CVE-2013-0154-xsa37.patch)
  26340-VT-d-intremap-verify-legacy-bridge.patch (Replaces
  CVE-2012-5634-xsa33.patch) 26370-libxc-x86-initial-mapping-fit.patch
* Update to Xen 4.1.4 c/s 23432
* Update xenpaging.guest-memusage.patch add rule for xenmem to avoid
  spurious build failures
* Upstream patches from Jan 26179-PCI-find-next-cap.patch
  26183-x86-HPET-masking.patch 26188-x86-time-scale-asm.patch
  26200-IOMMU-debug-verbose.patch 26203-x86-HAP-dirty-vram-leak.patch
  26229-gnttab-version-switch.patch (Replaces
  CVE-2012-5510-xsa26.patch) 26230-x86-HVM-limit-batches.patch
  (Replaces CVE-2012-5511-xsa27.patch)
  26231-memory-exchange-checks.patch (Replaces
  CVE-2012-5513-xsa29.patch) 26232-x86-mark-PoD-error-path.patch
  (Replaces CVE-2012-5514-xsa30.patch) 26233-memop-order-checks.patch
  (Replaces CVE-2012-5515-xsa31.patch)
  26235-IOMMU-ATS-max-queue-depth.patch
  26272-x86-EFI-makefile-cflags-filter.patch
  26294-x86-AMD-Fam15-way-access-filter.patch CVE-2013-0154-xsa37.patch
* Restore c/s 25751 in 23614-x86_64-EFI-boot.patch. Modify the EFI
  Makefile to do additional filtering.

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2013-0153
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0153>
* CVE-2012-6075
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6075>
* CVE-2012-5634
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5634>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0944-1
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

Show 194 moreShow less
This page doesn't list everything

Left out here: 21 references. The JSON record has them.

MoveEnter Open