Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-0029
CVE-2012-0029
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
14- secunia.com/advisories/47740nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/47741nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0370.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/47992nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/48318nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/50913nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/51642nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1339-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72656nvd
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