Is CVE-2012-6075 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-6075 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-6075?

CVE-2012-6075 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-6075?

CVE-2012-6075 has an EPSS score of 4.90% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6075?

Upgrade qemu on debian 11 to 1.1.2+dfsg-4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-6075

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the e1000_receive function in the e1000 device driver (hw/e1000.c) in QEMU 1.3.0-rc2 and other versions, when the SBP and LPE flags are disabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) and possibly execute arbitrary guest code via a large packet.

CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

qemuDebian

Fixed in:1.1.2+dfsg-4CVE-2012-6075

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

4.90%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2014-0195	Medium	6.8	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-7269	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-11043	High	8.7	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-4862	High	10.0	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2007-5659	High	7.8	94%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-3786	High	7.5	91%	-	Fix

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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.