CVE-2013-4527
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Buffer overflow in hw/timer/hpet.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the number of timers.
Find out more about CVE-2013-4527 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect the versions of kvm package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This issue does not affect the versions of qemu-kvm package as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 (qemu-kvm-rhev) | RHSA-2014:1268 | 2014-09-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (qemu-kvm) | RHSA-2014:0927 | 2014-07-23 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | qemu-kvm | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kvm | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
The issues were discovered as part of the state loading code audit performed by Michael S. Tsirkin of Red Hat, Anthony Liguori and Michael Roth.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation