CVE-2012-0029

N/A Unknown
Published: January 27, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/47740
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47741
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47992
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48318
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/50913
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/47740
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47741
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47992
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48318
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/50913
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
56th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

kvm_group

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