qemu: target-arm/machine.c: fix buffer overflow on invalid state load
Published Nov 4, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.12%
Description
Buffer overflow in target-arm/machine.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative value in cpreg_vmstate_array_len in a savevm image.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.7.1
- 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
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.0-rc0
- 0.11.0-rc1
- 0.11.0-rc2
- 0.11.1
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.1
- 0.12.2
- 0.12.3
- 0.12.4
- 0.12.5
- 0.13.0
- 0.13.0
- 0.13.0
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.1
- 0.15.0
- 0.15.0
- 0.15.1
- 0.15.2
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue does not affect the versions of qemu-kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.12% (0.04124) | 90.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.12% (0.04124) | 89.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.00% (0.02001) | 82.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 6.21% (0.06211) | 93.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.21% (0.06211) | 92.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 87.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 86.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.29% (0.04291) | 70.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d2ef4b61fe6d33d2a5dcf100a9b9440de341ad62 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00394.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4531 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066357 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4531
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4531
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d2ef4b61fe6d33d2a5dcf100a9b9440de341ad62 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00394.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4531 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066357 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4531 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4531 |
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