CVE-2011-2212

N/A Unknown
Published: June 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 and earlier allows privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or gain privileges via a crafted indirect descriptor related to "virtqueue in and out requests."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45158
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45170
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45187
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45188
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45301
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45354
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1165-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.osvdb.org/74751
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0919.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/45158
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45170
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45187
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45188
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45301
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45354
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1165-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/74751
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713589
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9605323
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2282
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
49th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

qemu