CVE-2020-24165

2023-08-3009:19:50

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qemu

tcg

vulnerability

code execution

local privilege escalation

memory overwrite

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Tiny Code Generator (TCG) Accelerator in QEMU, where the TCG generated code can be in the same memory as the TB data structure. This flaw allows attackers to overwrite the UAF pointer with code produced from TCG and rewrite key pointer values, possibly leading to local privilege escalation and enabling code execution on the host outside of the TCG sandbox.