CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-8860

3.3 LOW Published 2026-02-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-02-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-212

Description

A flaw was found in QEMU in the uefi-vars virtual device. When the guest writes to register UEFI_VARS_REG_BUFFER_SIZE, the .write callback `uefi_vars_write` is invoked. The function allocates a heap buffer without zeroing the memory, leaving the buffer filled with residual data from prior allocations. When the guest later reads from register UEFI_VARS_REG_PIO_BUFFER_TRANSFER, the .read callback `uefi_vars_read` returns leftover metadata or other sensitive process memory from the previously allocated buffer, leading to an information disclosure vulnerability.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-212 Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer weakness

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