qemu, xen — security advisory
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.
- Products
- qemu, xen
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.1.2+dfsg-4, 4.1.3-8
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-6075
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:29 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6075
qemu
Fixed versions: 1.1.2+dfsg-4
qemu
Fixed versions: 1.1.2+dfsg-4
qemu
Fixed versions: 1.1.2+dfsg-4
xen
Fixed versions: 4.1.3-8
xen
Fixed versions: 4.1.3-8
xen
Fixed versions: 4.1.3-8
Complete source record
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