7.5

CVE-2013-4538: qemu

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-4538DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4538
Published 04-11-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4538 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 4.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.06%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 8
MGASA-2014-0426OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10233-1SUSE-SU-2016:0873-1SUSE-SU-2016:0955-1SUSE-SU-2016:1154-1

Timeline

  1. 04-11-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the ssd0323_load function in hw/display/ssd0323.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) cmd_len, (2) row, or (3) col values; (4) row_start and row_end values; or (5) col_star and col_end values in a savevm image.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.06% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • qemu< 2.1+dfsg-1
Qemu1 product
  • qemu≤ 1.7.1 | 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 | 0.11.0:rc0 | 0.11.0:rc1 | 0.11.0:rc2 | 0.11.0-rc0 | 0.11.0-rc1 | 0.11.0-rc2 | 0.11.1 | 0.12.0 | 0.12.0:rc1 | 0.12.0:rc2 | 0.12.1 | 0.12.2 | 0.12.3 | 0.12.4 | 0.12.5 | 0.13.0 | 0.13.0:rc0 | 0.13.0:rc1 | 0.14.0 | 0.14.0:rc0 | 0.14.0:rc1 | 0.14.0:rc2 | 0.14.1 | 0.15.0:rc1 | 0.15.0:rc2 | 0.15.1 | 0.15.2 | 1.0 | 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
Ubuntu1 product
  • qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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