CVE-2019-13164
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—
qemu-bridge-helper.c in QEMU 3.1 and 4.0.0 does not ensure that a network interface name (obtained from bridge.conf or a --br=bridge option) is limited to the IFNAMSIZ size, which can lead to an ACL bypass.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 7.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.52%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 43
- Score date: 10/7/2026
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 (4)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00008.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109054
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/03d7712b4bcd47bfe0fe14ba2fffa87e111fa086
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-07/msg00145.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-66
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4506
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4512
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00008.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/02/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109054
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/03d7712b4bcd47bfe0fe14ba2fffa87e111fa086
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00021.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-07/msg00145.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/41
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-66
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4191-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4506
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4512
Raw JSON (NVD)
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