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.
CVE-2012-6075
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 91.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 13, 2013
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (44)
- secalert@redhathttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b0d9ffcd0251161c7c92f94804dcf599dfa3edeb
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097541.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097575.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097705.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-12/msg00533.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0599.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0608.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0609.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0610.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0639.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- secalert@redhathttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | qemu-kvm (1.2.0+noroms-0ubuntu2.12.10.2) @ quantal | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.4-20130306.2.el6_4 | 2013-03-13 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.2 | 2013-03-12 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.2 | 2013-03-07 | redhat |
| redhat | kvm-0:83-262.el5_9.1 | 2013-03-07 | redhat |
| redhat | xen-0:3.0.3-142.el5_9.2 | 2013-03-06 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
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All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0599IMPORTANT2012-12-16
RHSA-2013:0599 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0608IMPORTANT2012-12-16
RHSA-2013:0608 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0609IMPORTANT2012-12-16
RHSA-2013:0609 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0610IMPORTANT2012-12-16
RHSA-2013:0610 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0636IMPORTANT2012-12-16
RHSA-2013:0636 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0639IMPORTANT2012-12-16
RHSA-2013:0639 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-1692-1MEDIUM
QEMU vulnerability
Data Freshness Timeline
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