# CVE-2012-3497: (1) TMEMC\_SAVE\_GET\_CLIENT\_WEIGHT, (2) TMEMC\_SAVE\_GET\_CLIENT\_CAP, (3) TMEMC\_SAVE\_GET\_CLIENT\_FLAGS and (4) TMEMC\_SAVE\_END in the Transcendent

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-11-23 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

(1) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_WEIGHT, (2) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_CAP, (3) TMEMC_SAVE_GET_CLIENT_FLAGS and (4) TMEMC_SAVE_END in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or memory corruption and host crash) or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a NULL client id.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027482
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55410
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/8
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78268
- http://osvdb.org/85199
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51352
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51324
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html

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