CVE-2011-2512

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2512
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe virtio_queue_notify in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 and earlier does not properly validate the virtqueue number, which allows guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative number in the Queue Notify field of the Virtio Header, which bypasses a signed comparison.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kvm Group Qemu-kvm 0.12 All All All
Application Kvm Group Qemu-kvm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Qemu Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
KVM qemu-kvm Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: qemu-kvm: OOB memory access caused by negative vq notifies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
SUSE update for kvm - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9605323 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2270-1 qemu-kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-1165-1: QEMU vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
Red Hat update for qemu-kvm - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: qemu-kvm: OOB memory access caused by negative vq notifies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
www.osvdb.org/74751 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2011:0803-1: important: kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Ubuntu update for qemu-kvm - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
kvm/qemu-kvm.git - QEMU modified to work with kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
kvm/qemu-kvm.git - QEMU modified to work with kvm MITRE git.kernel.org
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