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CVE-2025-12464

Qemu-kvm: stack buffer overflow in e1000 device via short frames in loopback mode

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 10.1.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the QEMU e1000 network device. The code for padding short frames was dropped from individual network devices and moved to the net core code. The issue stems from the device's receive code still being able to process a short frame in loopback mode. This could lead to a buffer overrun in the e1000_receive_iov() function via the loopback code path. A malicious guest user could use this vulnerability to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • qemu

    From 8.1.0 · fixed in 10.1.3

  • qemu-kvm

    Version range not reported

  • qemu-kvm

    Version range not reported

  • qemu-kvm

    Version range not reported

  • qemu-kvm-ma

    Version range not reported

  • virt:rhel/qemu-kvm

    Version range not reported

  • qemu-kvm

    Version range not reported

  • openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8

    Version range not reported

  • openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9

    Version range not reported

References 3

access.redhat.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

gitlab.com