CVE-2012-6075

Description

Buffer overflow in the e1000_receive function in the e1000 device driver (hw/e1000.c) in QEMU 1.3.0-rc2 and other versions, when the SBP and LPE flags are disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) and possibly execute arbitrary guest code via a large packet.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.97% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b0d9ffcd0251161c7c92f94804dcf599dfa3edeb
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097575.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2608 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2607 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889301 issue tracking third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0639.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0608.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097705.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0610.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0609.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1692-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2619 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-12/msg00533.html mailing list third party advisory patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0599.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57420 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097541.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-6075?
CVE-2012-6075 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-6075?
To fix CVE-2012-6075, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-6075 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-6075 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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