CVE-2007-5729
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—
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 overflow in the slirp library, aka NE2000 "mtu" heap overflow. NOTE: some sources have used CVE-2007-1321 to refer to this issue as part of "NE2000 network driver and the socket code," but this is the correct identifier for the mtu overflow vulnerability.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 7.2
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.58%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 46
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://osvdb.org/42986
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25095
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001842.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1284
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23731
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1597
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38238
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://osvdb.org/42986
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25095
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001842.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1284
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23731
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1597
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38238
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