Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the virtio-blk driver (hw/virtio-blk.c) in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly gain privileges via a (1) write request to the virtio_blk_handle_write function or (2) read request to the virtio_blk_handle_read function that is not properly aligned.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.4/10
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=52c050236eaa4f0b5e1d160cd66dc18106445c4d
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-03/msg03015.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-03/msg03019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00043.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44132Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44393Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44658Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44660Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44900Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/73756
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67062
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8572547
- https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2230
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1145-1/
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=52c050236eaa4f0b5e1d160cd66dc18106445c4d
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-03/msg03015.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-03/msg03019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00043.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44132Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44393Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44658Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44660Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44900Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/73756
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67062
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/8572547
- https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2230
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1145-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 21, 2012
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified