CVE-2013-4151: qemu Improper Control of Generation of Code
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-4151 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 5.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 2Timeline
- 04-11-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The virtio_load function in virtio/virtio.c in QEMU 1.x before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.13% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- qemu< 2.1+dfsg-1
Qemu1 product
- qemu1.0 | 1.0:rc1 | 1.0:rc2 | 1.0:rc3 | 1.0:rc4 | 1.0.1 | 1.1 | 1.1:rc1 | 1.1:rc2 | 1.1:rc3 | 1.1:rc4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.0:rc1 | 1.5.0:rc2 | 1.5.0:rc3 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.0:rc1 | 1.6.0:rc2 | 1.6.0:rc3 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.7.1
Ubuntu1 product
- qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3
3 vendors · 3 products
References
11 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
