CWE Code: 119
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.4
CWE Name:  Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Summary: multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the virtio-blk driver (hw/virtio-blk.c) in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly gain privileges via a (1) write request to the virtio_blk_handle_write function or (2) read request to the virtio_blk_handle_read function that is not properly aligned.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2012-06-21
Last Modified Date: 2017-08-17
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CWE Code: 119
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.4
CWE Name:  Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Summary: multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the virtio-blk driver (hw/virtio-blk.c) in qemu-kvm 0.14.0 allow local guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) and possibly gain privileges via a (1) write request to the virtio_blk_handle_write function or (2) read request to the virtio_blk_handle_read function that is not properly aligned.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2012-06-21
Last Modified Date: 2017-08-17
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