CVE-2010-0297: qemu
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-0297 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.2, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 12-02-2010PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Buffer overflow in the usb_host_handle_control function in the USB passthrough handling implementation in usb-linux.c in QEMU before 0.11.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted USB packet.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
44%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.51% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Qemu1 product
- qemu≤ 0.11.0 | 0.1.0 | 0.1.1 | 0.1.2 | 0.1.3 | 0.1.4 | 0.1.5 | 0.1.6 | 0.2.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.5.5 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1 | 0.9.1-5 | 0.10.0 | 0.10.1 | 0.10.2 | 0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 | 0.10.6 | 0.11.0-rc0 | 0.11.0-rc1 | 0.11.0-rc2
1 vendor · 1 product
References
12 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=557025X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11786VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
Show all 12 references
- wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLogX Refsource CONFIRM