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Exploitability
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User Interaction
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Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2021-3592

Disclosure Date: June 15, 2021 •
CVE-2021-3592 CVSS v3 Base Score: 3.8
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Description

An invalid pointer initialization issue was found in the SLiRP networking implementation of QEMU. The flaw exists in the bootp_input() function and could occur while processing a udp packet that is smaller than the size of the ‘bootp_t’ structure. A malicious guest could use this flaw to leak 10 bytes of uninitialized heap memory from the host. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects libslirp versions prior to 4.6.0.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
3.8 Low
Impact Score:
1.4
Exploitability Score:
2
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
QEMU libslirp 4.6.0
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • debian,
  • fedoraproject,
  • libslirp project,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 9.0,
  • enterprise linux 8.0,
  • fedora 33,
  • fedora 34,
  • libslirp
Technical Analysis