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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-5164
Virtio-win: virtio-win: denial of service via unvalidated descriptor count in unmap request
Overview
Description

A flaw was found in virtio-win. The `RhelDoUnMap()` function does not properly validate the number of descriptors provided by a user during an unmap request. A local user could exploit this input validation vulnerability by supplying an excessive number of descriptors, leading to a buffer overrun. This can cause a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

Details
INFO

Published Date :

March 30, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 30, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Impact
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

: Total Affected Vendor : 0 | Products : 0
Scoring
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Address virtio-win unmap descriptor validation to prevent buffer overflows and denial of service.
  • Update virtio-win to a version with corrected descriptor validation.
  • Apply patches that fix the RhelDoUnMap() buffer overrun.
  • Restrict descriptor count in unmap requests.
  • Validate descriptor numbers in RhelDoUnMap().
References
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5164
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453014
https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/pull/1504
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2026-5164 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A flaw was found in virtio-win. The `RhelDoUnMap()` function does not properly validate the number of descriptors provided by a user during an unmap request. A local user could exploit this input validation vulnerability by supplying an excessive number of descriptors, leading to a buffer overrun. This can cause a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-120
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5164
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453014
    Added Reference https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/pull/1504
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Base CVSS Score: 6.7
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