CVE-2013-4344

high

Published 2013-10-04 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.2

Description

Buffer overflow in the SCSI implementation in QEMU, as used in Xen, when a SCSI controller has more than 256 attached devices, allows local users to gain privileges via a small transfer buffer in a REPORT LUNS command.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	12.10	affected
ubuntu	13.10	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
suse	12.3	affected
suse	13.1	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.6.0+dfsg-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.6.0+dfsg-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.6.0+dfsg-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.6.0+dfsg-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.6.0+dfsg-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
qemu	qemu	`{"endIncluding":"1.6.2"}`
redhat	virtualization	`3.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-120

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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