Servers and applications
CVE-2012-2625
The PyGrub boot loader in Xen unstable before changeset 25589:60f09d1ab1fe, 4.2.x, and 4.1.x allows local para-virtualized guest users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large (1) bzip2 or (2) lzma compressed kernel image.
- Severity
- Low 2.7
- Published
- 31 Oct 2012
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 0.9% in the next 30 daysHigher than 60% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Attack
- From the same local network · Needs a login
- Attacker can
- Slow it down
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen |
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