Out-of-bounds write in QEMU - CVE-2020-13754

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU31803

Out-of-bounds write in QEMU - CVE-2020-13754

Published: July 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31803
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2020-13754
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in hw/pci/msix.c. A local user on the guest operating system can send specially crafted address in an msi-x mmio operation, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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