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CVE-2021-32846
February 17, 2023
HyperKit is a toolkit for embedding hypervisor capabilities in an application. In versions 0.20210107, function "pci_vtsock_proc_tx" in "virtio-sock" can lead to to uninitialized memory use. In this situation, there is a check for the return value to be less or equal to "VTSOCK_MAXSEGS", but that check is not sufficient because the function can return "-1" if it finds an error it cannot recover from. Moreover, the negative return value will be used by "iovec_pull" in a while condition that can further lead to more corruption because the function is not designed to handle a negative "iov_len". This issue may lead to a guest crashing the host causing a denial of service and, under certain circumstance, memory corruption. This issue is fixed in commit af5eba2360a7351c08dfd9767d9be863a50ebaba.
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use of Uninitialized Resource
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
EPSS
Base Score:
0.04