CVE-2010-0297

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0297
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-12 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the usb_host_handle_control function in the USB passthrough handling implementation in usb-linux.c in QEMU before 0.11.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted USB packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.2.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.3.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.1-5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Re: KVM crashes when using certain USB device af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
ChangeLog/0.14 - QEMU af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.qemu.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'Re: [oss-security] KVM possible security issues fixed' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Re: KVM crashes when using certain USB device af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.savannah.gnu.org
557025 – (CVE-2010-0297) CVE-2010-0297 kvm-userspace-rhel5: usb-linux.c: fix buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
'[oss-security] KVM possible security issues fixed' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Linux Kernel KVM Multiple Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
KVM crashes when using certain USB device af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
KVM crashes when using certain USB device MITRE www.mail-archive.com
Re: KVM crashes when using certain USB device MITRE www.mail-archive.com
Re: KVM crashes when using certain USB device MITRE www.mail-archive.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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