CVE-2011-1750

virtio-blk: heap buffer overflow caused by unaligned requests

Published Jun 21, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 7.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the virtio-blk driver (hw/virtio-blk.c) in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly gain privileges via a (1) write request to the virtio_blk_handle_write function or (2) read request to the virtio_blk_handle_read function that is not properly aligned.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2230-1 qemu-kvm security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1749 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the virtio-blk driver (hw/virtio-blk.c) in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly gain privileges via a (1) write request to the virtio_blk_handle_write function or (2) read request to the virtio_blk_handle_read function that is not properly aligned.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1145-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:37 PM
Reserved
Apr 19, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 21, 2012, 3:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:29 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Mar 30, 2011, 12:00 AM