CVE-2013-4151
The virtio_load function in virtio/virtio.c in QEMU 1.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The virtio_load function in virtio/virtio.c in QEMU 1.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.13% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=cc45995294b92d95319b4782750a3580cabdbc0c
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.htmlPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=cc45995294b92d95319b4782750a3580cabdbc0c
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.htmlPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.