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TI-2011-01529 Aliases CVE-2011-1750GHSA-wj46-785g-vq37

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the virtio-blk driver (hw/virtio-blk.c) in…

Priority LOW 34CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the virtio-blk driver (hw/virtio-blk.c) in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly gain privileges via a (1) write request to the virtio_blk_handle_write function or (2) read request to the virtio_blk_handle_read function that is not properly aligned.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00709 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.14.0VulnerableQEMU
  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.14.0 Vulnerable ·QEMU

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2011:0534 Released 2011-05-19 · Red Hat rating Important
    qemu-kvm security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6, qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6, qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6, qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-img-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6, qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6, qemu-kvm-tools-2:0.12.1.2-2.160.el6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:0534
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:0534
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:0534
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2011:0534

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2011-1750
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wj46-785g-vq37

References

Advisory 6

Other 4

  • TI-2024-16148 QEMU before 8.2.0 has an integer underflow, and resultant buffer overflow, via a TI… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-02736 Uncontrolled resource consumption in QEMU CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-02681 Qemu: 9pfs: improper access control on special files CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2019-09678 The QMP migrate command in QEMU version 4.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to OS command… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-03326 Qemu-kvm: net: assertion failure in update_sctp_checksum() CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2023-22631 QEMU through 8.0.0 could trigger a division by zero in scsi_disk_reset in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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