Description
Qemu, as used in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and possibly other products, when emulating certain devices with a virtual console backend, allows local OS guest users to gain privileges via a crafted escape VT100 sequence that triggers the overwrite of a "device model's address space."
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1235.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1236.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1262.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1325.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50472Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50528Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50530Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50632Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50689Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50860Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50913Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX134708Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-17_Qemu_VT100_emulation_vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/05/10Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55413Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1590-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03Third Party Advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00051.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1233.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1234.htmlThird Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 23, 2012
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified