Memory leak in QEMU



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-8612
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 QEMU
Client/Desktop applications / Virtualization software

Vendor QEMU

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU98831

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8612

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the virtio-scsi, virtio-blk, and virtio-crypto devices. A local user can gain access to uninitialized data stored in bounce.buffer.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

QEMU: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313760
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/637b0aa139565cb82a7b9269e62214f87082635c


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.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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