CVE-2024-32668

bhyve(8) privileged guest escape via USB controller

HIGH
8.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2024 at 04:42 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD

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Severity
HIGH8.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An insufficient boundary validation in the USB code could lead to an out-of-bounds write on the heap, with data controlled by the caller. A malicious, privileged software running in a guest VM can exploit the vulnerability 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

13.0 ≤ v < 13.313.3 ≤ v < 13.3_p613.3-RELEASE ≤ v < p614.0 ≤ v < 14.0_p1014.0-RELEASE ≤ v < p1014.1 ≤ v < 14.1_p414.1-RELEASE ≤ v < p413.313.3 p113.3 p213.3 p313.3 p413.3 p513.3-RELEASE13.4 beta314.014.0 beta514.0 p114.0 p214.0 p314.0 p414.0 p514.0 p614.0 p714.0 p814.0 p914.0 rc314.0 rc4-p114.0-RELEASE14.114.1 p114.1 p214.1 p314.1-RELEASE
Affected range stops below 13.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 13.3_p6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.0_p10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 14.1_p4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below p10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below p4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below p6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.2HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-193CWE-787

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