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CVE-2012-0029
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…
High7.4EPSS 0.90%
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- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.4 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- qemu-processtxdesc-bo(72656) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 47741 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 47992 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 48318 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 47740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1339-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 51642 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 50913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:1320 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0370 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8604 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .