qemu: virtio-scsi: buffer overrun on invalid state load
Published Nov 4, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.95%
Description
The virtio_scsi_load_request function in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access.
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.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0888
OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0888
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0744
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0674
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0743
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0927
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7
qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1268
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
qemu-kvm-rhev
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0888 |
| OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0888 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0744 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0674 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0743 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0927 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1268 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue does affect the versions of qemu-kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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 1, 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.95% (0.04950) | 91.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.95% (0.04950) | 91.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.10% (0.02095) | 82.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.91% (0.08910) | 87.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.10% (0.02095) | 82.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 6.96% (0.06957) | 94.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.96% (0.06957) | 92.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 91.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 91.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 90.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 78.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3c3ce981423e0d6c18af82ee62f1850c2cda5976 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4542 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066382 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4542
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4542
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3c3ce981423e0d6c18af82ee62f1850c2cda5976 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4542 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066382 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4542 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4542 |
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