QEMU LSI53C895A SCSI HA UAF Crash/VME
CVE-2024-6519 Published on October 21, 2024
Qemu: scsi: lsi53c895a: use-after-free local privilege escalation vulnerability
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the QEMU LSI53C895A SCSI Host Bus Adapter emulation. This issue can lead to a crash or VM escape.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-6519 can be exploited with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 120 days later.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.
CVE-2024-6519 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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