CVE-2012-3515

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."

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50528 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50530 third party advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50689 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50632 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1236.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50913 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1590-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerability vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55413 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.html mailing list vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1235.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/10 mailing list third party advisory mitigation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50860 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3515?
CVE-2012-3515 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3515?
To fix CVE-2012-3515, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-3515 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-3515 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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