# CVE-2013-4542: The virtio\_scsi\_load\_request function in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-11-04 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The virtio_scsi_load_request function in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access.

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3c3ce981423e0d6c18af82ee62f1850c2cda5976
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html

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