CVE-2025-61553
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BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-10-16

Last updated on: 2025-10-21

Assigner: MITRE

Description
An out-of-bounds write in VirtIO network device emulation in BitVisor from commit 108df6 (2020-05-20) to commit 480907 (2025-07-06) allows local attackers to cause a denial of service (host hypervisor crash) via a crafted PCI configuration space access. Given it's a heap overflow in a privileged hypervisor context, exploitation may enable arbitrary code execution or guest-to-host privilege escalation.
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Published
2025-10-16
Last Modified
2025-10-21
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2026-06-16
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2025-10-16
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
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bitvisor bitvisor *
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CWE ID Description
CWE-787 The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
CWE-122 A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write (heap overflow) in the VirtIO network device emulation within the BitVisor hypervisor. It occurs when a local attacker performs a crafted PCI configuration space access, leading to memory corruption in the hypervisor.

Impact Analysis

Exploitation of this vulnerability can cause a denial of service by crashing the host hypervisor. Additionally, because it is a heap overflow in a privileged context, it may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges from a guest virtual machine to the host hypervisor.

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