CVE-2012-6075 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2012-6075

Buffer overflow in the e1000_receive function in the e1000 device...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the e1000_receive function in the e1000 device driver (hw/e1000.c) in QEMU 1.3.0-rc2 and other versions, when the SBP and LPE flags are disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) and possibly execute arbitrary guest code via a large packet.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

qemu, fedora, opensuse, linux enterprise server, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux workstation, virtualization, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 16, 17, 18, 12.1, 12.2, 11, 5.0, 6.0, 5.9, 6.4, 3.0, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10

Timeline

Official Publish: February 13th, 2013
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.