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CVE-2013-4530

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4530 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in QEMU versions prior to 1.7.2, specifically within the hw/ssi/pl022.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by manipulating tx_fifo_head and rx_fifo_head values in a savevm image. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.1CPE 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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0523 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4530Moderate

qemu: pl022: fix buffer overun on invalid state load

Dec 3, 2013

References

git.qemu.org
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00394.html
lists.nongnu.org / archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
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