Stack-based buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2020-15863
Published: July 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31799
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15863
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing packets in xgmac_enet_send() in hw/net/xgmac.c. A local user on the guest operating system can send a specially crafted request to the application, trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-15863
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.