CVE-2012-0217
Description
The x86-64 kernel system-call functionality in Xen 4.1.2 and earlier, as used in Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier and other products; Oracle Solaris 11 and earlier; illumos before r13724; Joyent SmartOS before 20120614T184600Z; FreeBSD before 9.0-RELEASE-p3; NetBSD 6.0 Beta and earlier; Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and R2 SP1 and Windows 7 Gold and SP1; and possibly other operating systems, when running on an Intel processor, incorrectly uses the sysret path in cases where a certain address is not a canonical address, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application. NOTE: because this issue is due to incorrect use of the Intel specification, it should have been split into separate identifiers; however, there was some value in preserving the original mapping of the multi-codebase coordinated-disclosure effort to a single identifier.
Affected Products
20| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd |
All versions
|
| illumos | illumos |
All versions
|
| joyent | smartos |
All versions
|
| xen | xen |
All versions
|
| xen | xen |
4.0.0
|
| xen | xen |
4.0.1
|
| xen | xen |
4.0.2
|
| xen | xen |
4.0.3
|
| xen | xen |
4.0.4
|
| xen | xen |
4.1.0
|
| xen | xen |
4.1.1
|
| microsoft | windows_7 |
All versions
|
| microsoft | windows_7 |
All versions
|
| microsoft | windows_server_2003 |
All versions
|
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 |
r2
|
| microsoft | windows_xp |
All versions
|
| citrix | xenserver |
All versions
|
| citrix | xenserver |
6.0
|
| netbsd | netbsd |
All versions
|
| sun | sunos |
All versions
|
References
Weakness Types
CVE Information
- CVE ID:
CVE-2012-0217- Published:
- 2012-06-12
- Modified:
- 2026-04-29
- CVSS Score:
- 7.2
- Severity:
- HIGH
- Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C