Out-of-bounds Write Affecting qemu package, versions <1:4.2-1


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.34% (72nd percentile)
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NVD
5.6 medium
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SUSE
7.2 high
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Red Hat
5.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-QEMU-571196
  • published 3 Jun 2020
  • disclosed 4 Jun 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 qemu to version 1:4.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

rom_copy() in hw/core/loader.c in QEMU 4.0 and 4.1.0 does not validate the relationship between two addresses, which allows attackers to trigger an invalid memory copy operation.