CVE-2012-3498: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2012-3498: PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq in Xen 4.1 and 4.2 and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier allows local HVM guest OS kern...

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.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 6, 2024, 20:05 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

This is a hypervisor flaw where a malicious or compromised HVM guest kernel could crash the host and may read hypervisor or guest memory. The business risk is concentrated on older Xen and Citrix XenServer platforms, especially where untrusted tenants or workloads share hosts. Exposure is likely limited to organizations still running affected Xen or Citrix XenServer versions with HVM guests. Risk is higher in multi-tenant hosting, lab, or legacy virtualization environments where guest administrators are not fully trusted. Treat this as high priority for legacy virtualization estates. It can affect host availability and possibly confidentiality across guest boundaries, but urgency depends on whether affected Xen or XenServer versions are still present. Mitigation focus: Identify any Xen 4.1, Xen 4.2, or Citrix XenServer 6.0.2-or-earlier hosts.; Review Xen, Citrix, SUSE, and Gentoo advisories for fixed packages or supported upgrade paths.; Prioritize patching hosts running untrusted or multi-tenant HVM guests..

Prepared: Jun 24, 2026, 12:04 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record

Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Nov 23, 2012, 20:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Source materials

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GLSA-201604-03CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
xen-physdevopmappirq-dos(78269)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851193CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC

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