CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-0029

7.4 HIGH Published 2012-01-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-01-27
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.4 HIGH — AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• kvm group qemu-kvm 0.12

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References