CVE-2013-4148

qemu: virtio-net: buffer overflow on invalid state load

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.7

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 3, 2013

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

Integer signedness error in the virtio_net_load function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 1.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 3.7
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound