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CVE-2012-0029 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/47740	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47741	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47992	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/48318	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/50913	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1	CVE
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/47740	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47741	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47992	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48318	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50913	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1	[email protected]

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
kvm group qemu-kvm	0.12
CPE cpe:2.3:a:kvm_group:qemu-kvm:0.12:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 30, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]