Servers and applications
CVE-2012-3433
Xen 4.0 and 4.1 allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (domain 0 VCPU hang and kernel panic) by modifying the physical address space in a way that triggers excessive shared page search time during the p2m teardown.
- Severity
- Medium 4.9
- Published
- 24 Nov 2012
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 0.4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 36% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Attack
- Needs local access · No login needed
- Attacker can
- Take it down
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen |
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