Input validation error in QEMU - CVE-2013-4148

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Input validation error in QEMU - CVE-2013-4148

Published: November 4, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41160
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4148
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Integer signedness error in the virtio_net_load function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 1.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers a buffer overflow.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-4148

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources