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CVE-2012-0029

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0029 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the e1000 network emulation within qemu-kvm, allowing guest OS users to crash QEMU or potentially execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.4, indicating high severity due to its network-adjacent attack vector, medium attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kvm_group:qemu-kvm:0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.4HIGH

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
4.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 45 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm-0:83-239.el5_7.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen-0:3.0.3-135.el5_8.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.209.el6_2.4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.2-20120209.0.el6_2
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0029Important

qemu: e1000: process_tx_desc legacy mode packets heap overflow

Jan 23, 2012

References

git.qemu.org
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081972.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2012-02/msg00009.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0370.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/47740
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47741
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47992
secunia.com / advisories/48318
secunia.com / advisories/50913
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72656
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2012-0050.html
securityfocus.com / bid/51642
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1339-1