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CVE-2012-4544

The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local gues…

Impact

The PV domain builder in Xen 4.2 and earlier does not validate the size of the kernel or ramdisk (1) before or (2) after decompression, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (domain 0 memory consumption) via a crafted (a) kernel or (b) ramdisk.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
XenXen
through 4.2.0
Versions 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3

Weakness classification

CWE-20

References