CVE-2012-0029

high

Published 2012-01-27 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.4

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1`
sid	Fixed	`4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1`
forky	Fixed	`4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
kvm_group	qemu-kvm	`0.12`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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