Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 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.
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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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