Buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2013-4530
Published: November 4, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41167
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4530
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Buffer overflow in hw/ssi/pl022.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tx_fifo_head and rx_fifo_head values in a savevm image.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4530
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=d8d0a0bc7e194300e53a346d25fe5724fd588387
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133345.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2013-12/msg00394.html
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-stable/2014-07/msg00187.html