Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-12829 |
CWE-ID | CWE-190 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
QEMU Client/Desktop applications / Virtualization software |
Vendor | QEMU |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU46318
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12829
CWE-ID:
CWE-190 - Integer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the SM501 display driver implementation. This flaw occurs in the COPY_AREA macro while handling MMIO write operations through the sm501_2d_engine_write() callback. A remote user could abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process in
sm501_2d_operation() in hw/display/sm501.c on the host, resulting in a
denial of service.
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsQEMU: 4.0.0 - 5.0.0
External linkshttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1808510
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.
The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.