CVE-2007-6227

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-12-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

QEMU: 0.9.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484429/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26666
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38806
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484429/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26666
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38806

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