CVE-2011-4111 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a crash or execute arbitrary code in QEMU via a crafted VSC_ATR message due to a buffer overflow.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2011-4111?

CVE-2011-4111 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 26 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the ccid_card_vscard_handle_message function in hw/ccid-card-passthru.c in QEMU before 0.15.2 and 1.x before 1.0-rc4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VSC_ATR message.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4111?

It affects 3 products.

Linux distribution packages (20)
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenodeAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.9
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.9
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.9
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.9
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::serverAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstationAll versions2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.1

Products include Qemu Qemu, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4111?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-4111 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4111, GHSA-4c3m-mrr2-fw4x, RHSA-2011:1777, RHSA-2011:1801.

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