kvm-userspace-rhel5: usb-linux.c: fix buffer overflow
Published Feb 12, 2010
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.51%
Description
Buffer overflow in the usb_host_handle_control function in the USB passthrough handling implementation in usb-linux.c in QEMU before 0.11.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted USB packet.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.11.0
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.1.3
- 0.1.4
- 0.1.5
- 0.1.6
- 0.2.0
- 0.3.0
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.5
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.1-5
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.1
- 0.10.2
- 0.10.3
- 0.10.4
- 0.10.5
- 0.10.6
- 0.11.0-rc0
- 0.11.0-rc1
- 0.11.0-rc2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm-0:83-105.el5_4.22
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0088
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for RHEL-5
rhev-hypervisor-0:5.4-2.1.10.el5_4rhev2_1
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0172
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm-0:83-105.el5_4.22 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0088 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for RHEL-5 | rhev-hypervisor-0:5.4-2.1.10.el5_4rhev2_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0172 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 3, 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.51% (0.00511) | 41.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.51% (0.00511) | 39.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 22.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00099) | 42.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00110) | 44.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00110) | 42.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 79.78th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=babd03fde68093482528010a5435c14ce9128e3f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126510479211473&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126527304127254&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg18447.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg19581.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg19596.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0297 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557025 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56194 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0297
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11786 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0297
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.