qemu: virtio-net: buffer overflow in virtio_net_handle_mac() function
Published Apr 18, 2014
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.71%
Description
Integer overflow in the virtio_net_handle_mac function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 2.0 and earlier allows local guest users to execute arbitrary code via a MAC addresses table update request, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0
- ≤ 2.0.0
- 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
- 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
- 1.7.1
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0
- 6.0
No data.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0435
OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0434
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0421
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_5.8
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0420
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kvm
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xen
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
qemu-kvm
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
qemu-kvm-rhev
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0435 |
| OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0434 |
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0421 |
| 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_5.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0420 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | qemu-kvm | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | qemu-kvm-rhev | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the kvm and xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue does affect the qemu-kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Future qemu-kvm updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 may address this flaw.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 51.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 48.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 50.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00116) | 47.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 36.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 34.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 76.75th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 75.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 54.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/266768 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57878 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58191 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/266713 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2909 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2910 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2182-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0150 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078846 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0150
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0150
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/266768 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/57878 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/58191 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/266713 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2909 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2910 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2182-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0150 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078846 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0150 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0150 |
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