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CVE-2012-3494LOWCVSS 2.1

CVE-2012-3494

Published Nov 23, 2012·Updated Jun 16, 2026

NVD Description

The set_debugreg hypercall in include/asm-x86/debugreg.h in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2, and Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 and earlier, when running on x86-64 systems, allows local OS guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing to the reserved bits of the DR7 debug control register.

CVSS Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

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