Vulnerability Details : CVE-2011-2212

Buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 and earlier allows privileged guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or gain privileges via a crafted indirect descriptor related to "virtqueue in and out requests."
Published 2012-06-21 15:55:10
Updated 2025-04-11 00:51:22
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2011-2212

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2212

EPSS FAQ
0.79%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 72 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2011-2212

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.4
 HIGH AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
4.4
10.0
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2011-2212

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2011-2212

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