Buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2013-4539
Published: November 4, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41173
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-2013-4539
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.
Multiple buffer overflows in the tsc210x_load function in hw/input/tsc210x.c in QEMU before 1.7.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) precision, (2) nextprecision, (3) function, or (4) nextfunction value in a savevm image.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4539
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=5193be3be35f29a35bc465036cd64ad60d43385f
- 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