Description
QEMU 0.9.0 allows local users of a Windows XP SP2 guest operating system to overwrite the TranslationBlock (code_gen_buffer) buffer, and probably have unspecified other impacts related to an "overflow," via certain Windows executable programs, as demonstrated by qemu-dos.com.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- QEMU 0.9 - Translation Block Local Denial of Service EDB-30837 · dos · Nov 30, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20071130 QEMU code_gen_buffer overflow POC mailing-list
- 26666 vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2008:162 vendor-advisory
- qemu-translationblock-dos(38806) vdb-entry
- 29129 third-party-advisory