Out-of-Bounds Affecting kvm-debuginfo package, versions <0:83-105.el5_4.22


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-KVMDEBUGINFO-9873133
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed1 Jan 2010

Introduced: 1 Jan 2010

CVE-2010-0297  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 kvm-debuginfo to version 0:83-105.el5_4.22 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0088.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kvm-debuginfo package and not the kvm-debuginfo package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the usb_host_handle_control function in the USB passthrough handling implementation in usb-linux.c in QEMU before 0.11.1 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted USB packet.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1