CVE-2019-12929

CRITICAL

QEMU < 4.0.0 - OS Command Injection via QMP guest_exec Command

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The QMP guest_exec command in QEMU 4.0.0 and earlier is prone to OS command injection, which allows the attacker to achieve code execution, denial of service, or information disclosure by sending a crafted QMP command to the listening server. Note: This has been disputed as a non-issue since QEMU's -qmp interface is meant to be used by trusted users. If one is able to access this interface via a tcp socket open to the internet, then it is an insecure configuration issue

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://fakhrizulkifli.github.io/posts/2019/06/06/CVE-2019-12929/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0342
EPSS Percentile 87.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78 CWE-668
Status published
Products (1)
qemu/qemu < 4.0.0
Published Jun 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026