CVE-2013-4535
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 11, 2020 at 03:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
6 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Workstation
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
Description
The virtqueue_map_sg function in hw/virtio/virtio.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files via a crafted savevm image, related to virtio-block or virtio-serial read.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.7.2
Affected range stops below 1.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.htmlx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066401CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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