#VU94527 Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2024-6505

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#VU94527 Out-of-bounds read in QEMU - CVE-2024-6505

Published: July 18, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU94527
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6505
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the virtio-net device in QEMU when enabling the RSS feature on the virtio-net network card. A remote privileged user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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