{"id":"CVE-2012-0029","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-0029","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:56.724Z","title":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm 0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted…","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm 0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted legacy mode packets.","published":"2012-01-27T15:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:36:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["kvm group/qemu-kvm"],"epss":{"score":0.00904,"percentile":0.59532,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/47740","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/47741","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/47992","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48318","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50913","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=log%3Bh=refs/heads/stable-1.0","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/47740","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/47741","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/47992","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48318","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50913","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772075","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0029","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}