CVE-2023-50227

HIGH

Parallels Desktop < 19.1.0_54729 - Out-of-bounds Write in virtio-gpu

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Parallels Desktop virtio-gpu Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Parallels Desktop. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target in a guest system must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the virtio-gpu virtual device. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the hypervisor. . Was ZDI-CAN-21260.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_research-advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1804/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://kb.parallels.com/en/125013

Scores

CVSS v3 8.3
EPSS 0.0076
EPSS Percentile 50.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
parallels/parallels_desktop < 19.1.0_\(54729\)
Published May 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026