CVE-2021-32843
HyperKit Virtio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
HyperKit is a toolkit for embedding hypervisor capabilities in an application. In versions 0.20210107 and prior of HyperKit, `virtio.c` has is a call to `vc_cfgread` that does not check for null which when called makes the host crash. This issue may lead to a guest crashing the host causing a denial of service. This issue is fixed in commit df0e46c7dbfd81a957d85e449ba41b52f6f7beb4.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 17, 2023, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 28, 2023, 8:30 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.5
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 28, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/moby/hyperkit/commit/df0e46c7dbfd81a957d85e449ba41b52f6f7beb4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/moby/hyperkit/commit/df0e46c7dbfd81a957d85e449ba41b52f6f7beb4 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/moby/hyperkit/pull/313 No Types Assigned https://github.com/moby/hyperkit/pull/313 Patch Changed Reference Type https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-054_057-moby-hyperkit/ No Types Assigned https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-054_057-moby-hyperkit/ Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-476 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mobyproject:hyperkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.20210107
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.13238
percentile