CVE-2012-0029

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0029
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-01-27 15:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.4 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kvm Group Qemu-kvm 0.12 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2012:0207-1: moderate: kvm: fixing initgroups bug and e1000 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 772075 – CVE-2012-0029 qemu: e1000: process_tx_desc legacy mode packets heap overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA47992 - SUSE update for kvm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-1339-1: QEMU vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA48318 - Red Hat update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA47740 - Qemu Two Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/log af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.qemu.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1320-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA50913 - SUSE update for qemu - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
QEMU KVM CVE-2012-0029 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: qemu-0.14.0-9.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA47741 - KVM qemu-kvm "process_tx_desc()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
git.qemu.org Git - qemu.git/log MITRE git.qemu.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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