CVE-2013-2016

High

Description

A flaw was found in the way qemu v1.3.0 and later (virtio-rng) validates addresses when guest accesses the config space of a virtio device. If the virtio device has zero/small sized config space, such as virtio-rng, a privileged guest user could use this flaw to access the matching host's qemu address space and thus increase their privileges on the host.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductQemu
PublishedDec 30, 2019
First seenDec 30, 2019

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qemu qemu1.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.4.2, 1.5.0—
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0, 10.0—
novell open_desktop_server11.0—
novell open_enterprise_server11.0—

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