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CVE-2011-2212

Buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 and earlier allows privileged guest users to cause a denial o

Buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 and earlier allows privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or gain privileges via a crafted indirect descriptor related to "virtqueue in and out requests.".

HIGH · CVSS 7.4 EPSS 0.00785
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

2
qemu<= 0.14.0
qemuall versions
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Sigma Hunt Rules

1
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumPotentially Suspicious Usage Of Qemu
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Scoring & Timeline

7.4
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD21 Jun 2012 · 03:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

3
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0929-1
usnUSN-1165-1
rhsaRHSA-2011:0919Important
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References & Sources

13
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00007.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0919.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45158Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45170Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45187Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45188Vendor Advisory
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