{"id":"CVE-2012-3498","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-3498","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:29.730Z","title":"PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq in Xen 4.1 and 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly read hypervisor or guest memory via vectors related to a missing range check of…","description":"PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq in Xen 4.1 and 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier allows local HVM guest OS kernels to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly read hypervisor or guest memory via vectors related to a missing range check of map->index.","published":"2012-11-23T20:55:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:43:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["citrix/xenserver","xen/xen"],"epss":{"score":0.00437,"percentile":0.37759,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.44%). 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