Vulnerability identifier: #VU47531

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24352

CWE-ID: CWE-787

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
QEMU
Client/Desktop applications / Virtualization software

Vendor: QEMU

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ATI VGA device implementation of the QEMU emulator incide of the ati_2d_blt() routine while handling MMIO write operations through the ati_mm_write() callback. A local privileged user on a guest operating system can run a specially crafted program to trigger out-of-bounds write and crash the QEMU process.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

QEMU: 4.0.0 - 4.2.1

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External links
http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24352
http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175370

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.