# CVE-2012-6075: Buffer overflow in the e1000\_receive function in the e1000 device driver (hw/e1000.c) in QEMU 1.3.0-rc2 and other versions, when the SBP and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-02-13 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the e1000_receive function in the e1000 device driver (hw/e1000.c) in QEMU 1.3.0-rc2 and other versions, when the SBP and LPE flags are disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) and possibly execute arbitrary guest code via a large packet.

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## References

- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b0d9ffcd0251161c7c92f94804dcf599dfa3edeb
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097575.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2608
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00052.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/30/1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2607
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889301
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0639.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0608.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097705.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0610.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0609.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1692-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2619
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-12/msg00533.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0599.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57420
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097541.html

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