Integer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2020-12829
Published: September 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46318
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12829
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the SM501 display driver implementation. This flaw occurs in the COPY_AREA macro while handling MMIO write operations through the sm501_2d_engine_write() callback. A remote user could abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process in
sm501_2d_operation() in hw/display/sm501.c on the host, resulting in a
denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12829
Install updates from vendor's website.