CVE-2012-3515

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-09-05

Description

Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other products, when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend, allows local OS guest users to gain privileges via a crafted escape VT100 sequence that triggers the overwrite of a "device model's address space."

See more information about CVE-2012-3515 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.4	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kvm)	ELSA-2012-1235	2012-09-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (xen)	ELSA-2012-1236	2012-09-05
Oracle Linux version 6 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2012-1234	2012-09-05

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