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FKIE_CVE-2012-0029

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-01-27 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:36
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/47740Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/47741Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/47992
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48318
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/50913
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47740Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47741Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47992
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48318
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50913
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kvm_group qemu-kvm 0.12

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      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de buffer basado en memoria din\u00e1mica (heap)en la funci\u00f3n process_tx_desc en la emulaci\u00f3n de un e1000 (hw/e1000.c) en qemu-kvm v0.12, y posiblemente otras versiones, permite causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (por ca\u00edda de QEMU) y posiblemente ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n a los usuarios del sistema operativo emulado a trav\u00e9s de paquetes de modo \u0027legacy\u0027 especificamente modificados."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:36:31.620",
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