Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in bhyve Userspace Process

CVE-2024-41928

What is CVE-2024-41928?

Malicious software running in a guest VM can exploit the buffer overflow to achieve code execution on the host in the bhyve userspace process, which typically runs as root. Note that bhyve runs in a Capsicum sandbox, so malicious code is constrained by the capabilities available to the bhyve process.

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