VDB-383872 · CVE-2026-62434 · GCVE-0-2026-62434

Xen Memory Management memory corruption

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9.9	$5k-$25k	2.72-

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xen. It has been declared as very critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Memory Management. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-62434. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Xen (version now known) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Memory Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A guest started with Populated on Demand enabled (PoD) can attempt to reclaim pages which aren't regular guest RAM. This can cause corruption of memory management state in Xen.

The advisory is shared for download at xenbits.xenproject.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-62434 since 07/14/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/28/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Virtualization Software

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License

open-source

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.9

VulDB Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Temp Score: 9.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/14/2026 CVE reserved
07/28/2026 +14 days Advisory disclosed
07/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xenbits.xenproject.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-62434 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-62434
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-383872

Entryinfo

Created: 07/28/2026 15:48
Changes: 07/28/2026 15:48 (51)
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Cache ID: 216::103