Out-of-bounds write in QEMU - CVE-2020-13765
Published: July 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31806
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-2020-13765
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in rom_copy() in hw/core/loader.c. A local user on the guest operating system can create a specially data to the application, trigger out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the host system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-13765
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.