High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-2016
CVE-2013-2016
Description
A flaw was found in the way qemu v1.3.0 and later (virtio-rng) validates addresses when guest accesses the config space of a virtio device. If the virtio device has zero/small sized config space, such as virtio-rng, a privileged guest user could use this flaw to access the matching host's qemu address space and thus increase their privileges on the host.
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Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:a:novell:open_desktop_server:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:novell:open_enterprise_server:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:*
- Range: >=1.3.0
- qemu/qemu (virtio-rng)v5Range: v1.3.0 and later
Patches
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References
9- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/5f5a1318653c08e435cfa52f60b6a712815b659dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/5nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/6nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/59541nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2016nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83850nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2016nvdThird Party Advisory
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