CVE-2019-12247 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

QEMU 3.0.0 has an Integer Overflow because the qga/commands*.c files do not check the length of the argument list or the number of environment variables. NOTE: This has been disputed as not exploitable

Published: 2019-05-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00541.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108434
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-01/msg06360.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg04596.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2019-05/msg05457.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12247
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12247

History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-05-22T14:22:54.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:17:39.715Z

Reserved: 2019-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12247

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:17:39.715Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-05-22T15:29:03.277

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:22:28.627

Link: CVE-2019-12247

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2019-01-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-12247 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-190

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