CVE-2013-4150

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

Description

The virtio_net_load function in hw/net/virtio-net.c in QEMU 1.5.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors in which the value of curr_queues is greater than max_queues, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

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-2013-4150

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0927.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
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
qemuqemu1.5.0
qemuqemu1.5.1
qemuqemu1.5.2
qemuqemu1.5.3
qemuqemu1.6.0
qemuqemu1.6.1
qemuqemu1.6.2
qemuqemu1.7.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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