CVE-2024-6505
MEDIUMQEMU - Heap Overflow
Title source: llmDescription
A flaw was found in the virtio-net device in QEMU. When enabling the RSS feature on the virtio-net network card, the indirections_table data within RSS becomes controllable. Setting excessively large values may cause an index out-of-bounds issue, potentially resulting in heap overflow access. This flaw allows a privileged user in the guest to crash the QEMU process on the host.
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
24.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Affected Products (4)
qemu/qemu
redhat/enterprise_linux
redhat/enterprise_linux
redhat/enterprise_linux
Timeline
Published
Jul 05, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026