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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2016
Exploit, Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-2016
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2016
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00002.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/5
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/6
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59541
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83850
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/5f5a1318653c08e435cfa52f60b6a712815b659d
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
22.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
novell/open_desktop_server
11.0 sp3
novell/open_enterprise_server
11.0 sp3
qemu/qemu
1.5.0 rc1
qemu/qemu
1.3.0 - 1.4.2
Published
Dec 30, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026