The virtio_scsi_load_request function in hw/scsi/scsi-bus.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted savevm image, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access.
CVE-2013-4542
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 91.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
November 4, 2014
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (10)
- secalert@redhathttp://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3c3ce981423e0d6c18af82ee62f1850c2cda5976
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3c3ce981423e0d6c18af82ee62f1850c2cda5976
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0743.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0744.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2013-4542(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2014:1268Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update
- RHSA-2014:0888Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update
- RHSA-2014:0927Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2014:0743Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2014:0744Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: qemu-kvm-rhev security update
- RHSA-2014:0674Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: rhev-hypervisor6 3.4.0 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | qemu-kvm (0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.24) @ lucid | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-rhev-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.7 | 2014-09-22 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-rhev-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | 2014-07-24 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 | 2014-07-23 | redhat |
| redhat | qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.415.el6_5.10 | 2014-06-10 | redhat |
| redhat | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140603.2.el6ev | 2014-06-09 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
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Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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