CVE-2012-6075

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-12-16

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.

See more information about CVE-2012-6075 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kvm)	ELSA-2013-0608	2013-03-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (xen)	ELSA-2013-0599	2013-03-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (qemu-kvm)	ELSA-2013-0609	2013-03-07

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