Vulnerability CVE-2012-0029
Published: 2012-01-27   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.4/10
10/10
4.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Adjacent network
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Kvm group -> Qemu-kvm 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/72656
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50913
http://secunia.com/advisories/48318
http://secunia.com/advisories/47992
http://secunia.com/advisories/47741
http://secunia.com/advisories/47740
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=log;h=refs/heads/stable-1.0
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