CVE-2010-0297
Buffer overflow in the usb_host_handle_control function in the USB passthrough handling implementation in usb-linux.c in QEMU before 0.11.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code on…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the usb_host_handle_control function in the USB passthrough handling implementation in usb-linux.c in QEMU before 0.11.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted USB packet.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=babd03fde68093482528010a5435c14ce9128e3f
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126510479211473&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126527304127254&w=2
- http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg18447.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg19581.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg19596.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557025
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56194
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11786
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=babd03fde68093482528010a5435c14ce9128e3f
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126510479211473&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126527304127254&w=2
- http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg18447.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg19581.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/kvm%40vger.kernel.org/msg19596.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38158
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557025
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56194
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11786
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0088.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.