VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4540
Buffer overflow in scoop_gpio_handler_update in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large (1) prev_level, (2) gpio_level, or (3) gpio_dir value in a savevm image.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in scoop_gpio_handler_update in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large (1) prev_level, (2) gpio_level, or (3) gpio_dir value in a savevm image.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.55% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=52f91c3723932f8340fe36c8ec8b18a757c37b2b
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00394.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=52f91c3723932f8340fe36c8ec8b18a757c37b2b
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00394.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.