CVE-2007-5729
The NE2000 emulator in QEMU 0.8.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by writing Ethernet frames with a size larger than the MTU to the EN0_TCNT register, which triggers a heap-based buffer
02 Description
The NE2000 emulator in QEMU 0.8.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by writing Ethernet frames with a size larger than the MTU to the EN0_TCNT register, which triggers a heap-based buffer
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-10-30 22:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 523d290e569c8813c481e9c678f57b12b9a1f3f71efc709adf1b71995975b25f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com23731http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23731
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:203http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203
- osvdb.org42986http://osvdb.org/42986
- www.debian.orgDSA-1284http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1284
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comqemu-ne2000-code-execution(38238)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38238
- secunia.com25073http://secunia.com/advisories/25073
- taviso.decsystem.orghttp://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf
- secunia.com27486http://secunia.com/advisories/27486
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:162http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- secunia.com33568http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1597http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1597
- secunia.com29129http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
- secunia.com25095http://secunia.com/advisories/25095
- www.attrition.org20071030 Clarification on old QEMU/NE2000/Xen issueshttp://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001842.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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