Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2020
CVE-2020-8608
In libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, tcp_subr.c misuses snprintf return values, leading to a buffer overflow in later code
5.6
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In libslirp 4.1.0, as used in QEMU 4.2.0, tcp_subr.c misuses snprintf return values, leading to a buffer overflow in later code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libslirp · Libslirp Project
4.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8608
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8608
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00007.html
Release Notes
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/-/tags/v4.1.0
Patch
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/commit/68ccb8021a838066f0951d4b2817eb6b6f10a843
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00017.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00020.html
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