Buffer Overflow Affecting libslirp package, versions [0,libslirp-4.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBSLIRP-2371764
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Feb 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-8608  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libslirp to version libslirp-4.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. In libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, tcp_subr.c misuses snprintf return values, leading to a buffer overflow in later code.

CVSS Scores

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