CVE-2012-2652
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The bdrv_open function in Qemu 1.0 does not properly handle the failure of the mkstemp function, when in snapshot node, which allows local users to overwrite or read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2638)
- Published
- August 7, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2638 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- qemu / qemu
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=virt/kvm/qemu-kvm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eba25057b9a5e19d10ace2bc7716667a31297169
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu-stable-0.15.git%3Ba=log
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00024.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50132(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50689
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2545
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53725
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1522-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain