Non-privileged user can cause the virtual CPU to crash
Published Dec 4, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.71%
Description
QEMU 0.9.0 allows local users of a Windows XP SP2 guest operating system to overwrite the TranslationBlock (code_gen_buffer) buffer, and probably have unspecified other impacts related to an "overflow," via certain Windows executable programs, as demonstrated by qemu-dos.com.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Xen and KVM, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 by default use only peripheral device emulation of QEMU and are therefore not vulnerable to this issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00707) | 51.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00707) | 48.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00119) | 28.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 74.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 53.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484429/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26666 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6227 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=414741 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38806 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6227
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6227
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484429/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26666 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6227 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=414741 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38806 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6227 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6227 |
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