CVE-2013-4540 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Qemu

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow13 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.8%
top 11.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian QemuOpensuse
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateMay 13

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 vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 2.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 2.1+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3
▶NVDqemu/qemu1.7.1+66
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse12.3, 13.1+1

Patches

Patch: lists.nongnu.org ↗Patch: lists.nongnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-67xx-4xq4-jj46: Buffer overflow in scoop_gpio_handler_update in QEMU before 1↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2013-4540: Buffer overflow in scoop_gpio_handler_update in QEMU before 1↗2014-11-04
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OSV
qemu, qemu-kvm vulnerabilities↗2014-09-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2014-09-08
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Red Hat
qemu: zaurus: buffer overrun on invalid state load↗2013-12-03
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Red Hat
icedtea-web: issue not fixed in 1.4↗2013-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2013-4540: qemu - Buffer overflow in scoop_gpio_handler_update in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow re...↗2013
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Red Hat
icedtea-web: IcedTeaScriptableJavaObject:: invoke off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow↗2012-11-07
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4540 qemu: zaurus: buffer overrun on invalid state load [fedora-all]↗2014-05-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4540 qemu: zaurus: buffer overrun on invalid state load↗2014-02-18
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4349 icedtea-web: CVE-2012-4540 issue not fixed in 1.4 [fedora-all]↗2013-09-16
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Bugzilla
CVE-2013-4349 icedtea-web: CVE-2012-4540 issue not fixed in 1.4↗2013-09-13
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