Buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2019-6501

 

Buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2019-6501

Published: April 15, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18274
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6501
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the scsi_handle_inquiry_reply in hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c. A local user can create a specially crafted application, trigger buffer overflow and crash the affected emulator.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-6501

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources