CVE-2011-2212 describes a buffer overflow in the virtio subsystem of qemu-kvm versions 0.14.0 and earlier. This vulnerability allows privileged guest users to trigger a denial of service (guest crash) or escalate privileges through crafted indirect descriptors related to virtqueue requests. With a CVSS score of 7.4, it presents a high severity risk, requiring authenticated access and medium attack complexity, but potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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