CVE-2013-4150 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code in QEMU via an out-of-bounds write in the virtio-net driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4150?
CVE-2013-4150 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 4 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The virtio_net_load function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 1.5.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors in which the value of curr_queues is greater than max_queues, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4150?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4150?
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-2013-4150 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4150 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qemu Qemu
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4150, GHSA-9vjq-fmr6-m5fr, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4150.