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CVE-2011-1751

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1751 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the PIIX4 Power Management emulation within qemu-kvm, specifically affecting the pciej_write function. A privileged guest user can trigger a denial of service (guest crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted value to a specific I/O port, leading to an improper unplugging of the PCI-ISA bridge. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.4, indicating high severity with an adjacent network attack vector, medium complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 45 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.0Fixed in: qemu-kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1751Important

qemu: acpi_piix4: missing hotplug check during device removal

May 18, 2011

References

blog.nelhage.com / 2011/08/breaking-out-of-kvm
git.kernel.org
lists.nongnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-05/msg01810.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00043.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2011-0534.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/44393
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/44458
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/44648
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/44658
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/44660
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/44900
Vendor Advisory
github.com / nelhage/virtunoid
hermes.opensuse.org / messages/8572547
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1145-1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/2
osvdb.org / 73395
securityfocus.com / bid/47927