VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4527
Buffer overflow in hw/timer/hpet.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the number of timers.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.26%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in hw/timer/hpet.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the number of timers.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.26% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f1c49e2136fa08ab1ef3183fd55def308829584
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0927.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3f1c49e2136fa08ab1ef3183fd55def308829584
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0927.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.