CVE-2013-4148

high
Published 2014-11-04 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4148

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4148.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.1+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.1+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.1+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed2.1+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.1+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
qemuqemu1.0
qemuqemu1.0.1
qemuqemu1.1
qemuqemu1.4.1
qemuqemu1.4.2
qemuqemu1.5.0
qemuqemu1.5.1
qemuqemu1.5.2
qemuqemu1.5.3
qemuqemu1.6.0
qemuqemu1.6.1
qemuqemu1.6.2
qemuqemu1.7.1

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.