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High
CVE-2012-0029
Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm 0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted legacy mode packets.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47741
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47992
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48318
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47740
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50913
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
Affected Vendor
kvm group
View all reports →Affected Software
qemu-kvm
Vulnerable Versions:
0.12
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 27th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.