Qemu: vmxnet3: bounds checking buffer overrun
Published May 8, 2014
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.72%
Description
hw/net/vmxnet3.c in QEMU 2.0.0-rc0, 1.7.1, and earlier allows local guest users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) RX or (2) TX queue numbers or (3) interrupt indices. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.10
- 14.04
Configuration 2
- ≤ 1.7.1
- 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
- 2.0.0
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
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:A/AC:M/Au:S/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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00718) | 52.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00718) | 48.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.12% (0.00119) | 28.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00102) | 43.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00102) | 42.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00102) | 40.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | 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 (12)
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c99afc779c2c78718a565ad8c5e98de7c2c7484 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c6c0478996e8f77374e69b6df68655b0b4ba689 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9878d173f574df74bde0ff50b2f81009fbee81bb x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f12d048a523780dbda702027d4a91b62af1a08d7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58191 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/265562 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2182-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.osvdb.org/106013 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4544 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087513 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4544
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4544
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c99afc779c2c78718a565ad8c5e98de7c2c7484 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c6c0478996e8f77374e69b6df68655b0b4ba689 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9878d173f574df74bde0ff50b2f81009fbee81bb | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f12d048a523780dbda702027d4a91b62af1a08d7 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/58191 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/265562 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2182-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/106013 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4544 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087513 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4544 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4544 |
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