Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45464
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
kvmtool through 39181fc allows an out-of-bounds write, related to virtio/balloon.c and virtio/pci.c. This allows a guest OS user to execute arbitrary code on the host machine.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/921419715170164776/921882173517230100/exploit.c
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git/log/
- https://www.kalmarunionen.dk/writeups/2021/hxp-2021/lkvm/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git/commit/?id=39181fc6429f4e9e71473284940e35857b42772a