Is CVE-2012-0029 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-0029 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-0029?

CVE-2012-0029 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.4 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-0029?

CVE-2012-0029 has an EPSS score of 0.92% (56th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0029?

Upgrade xen on debian 11 to 4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-0029

HIGH

7.4

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm 0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted legacy mode packets.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

xenDebian

Fixed in:4.1.3~rc1+hg-20120614.a9c0a89c08f2-1CVE-2012-0029

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days

56thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 56% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references13

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.