Out-of-bounds read in Parallels Desktop - CVE-2020-17397
Published: August 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45770
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-17397
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the handling of network packets. A local user can run a specially crafted application to trigger out-of-bounds read error and in the context of the hypervisor.
Affected software
Parallels Desktop
How to mitigate CVE-2020-17397
Install updates from vendor's website.
Parallels Desktop - update to 16.0.0 (48916)