#VU18274 Buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2019-6501

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#VU18274 Buffer overflow in QEMU - CVE-2019-6501

Published: April 15, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18274
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6501
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the scsi_handle_inquiry_reply in hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c. A local user can create a specially crafted application, trigger buffer overflow and crash the affected emulator.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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