UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4542

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4542

    Published: 20 Feb 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4542
    Aliases:
    USN-2342-1

    Summary:

    Details: The virtio_scsi_load_request function in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4542, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00394.html, http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00416.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2342-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4542

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3

    Affected versions

    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
    1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High