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CVE-2013-4542
Published:November 04, 2014
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (8)
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4542
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4542
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3c3ce981423e0d6c18af82ee62f1850c2cda5976
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4542
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-119
EPSS
Base Score:
2.10