CVE-2012-0029

Published Jan 27, 2012

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.4
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
4.4
Vector string
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

Configurations