CVE-2023-6693CWE-121

Qemu: virtio-net: stack buffer overflow in virtio_net_flush_tx()

Medium · published January 2, 2024

CVSS v3.1
4.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A stack based buffer overflow was found in the virtio-net device of QEMU. This issue occurs when flushing TX in the virtio_net_flush_tx function if guest features VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 and VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF are enabled. This could allow a malicious user to overwrite local variables allocated on the stack. Specifically, the `out_sg` variable could be used to read a part of process memory and send it to the wire, causing an information leak.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00330 · 24.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2024-01-02T09:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JAN 09:15Z
    Qemu: virtio-net: stack buffer overflow in virtio_net_flush_tx()
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