Out-of-bounds write in QEMU - CVE-2021-3546
Published: May 31, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU53681
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2021-3546
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: QEMU
Affected software:
QEMU
QEMU
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the virgl_cmd_get_capset() function in vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c. A remote authenticated user of the guest operating system can trigger an out-of-bounds write and escalate privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-3546
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.