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Out-of-bounds write in Napoca BIOS INT 0x15 E820 memory map handler (VA-13905)

Publication date: June 2nd, 2026


CVE ID:
CVE-2026-10046
CVSS scrore:
8.5 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected vendors:
Bitdefender
Affected products:
Napoca
Vulnerability details:

The Bitdefender Napoca bare-metal hypervisor contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the BIOS INT 0x15 / E820 memory map handler, implemented in napoca/guests/bios_handlers.c. The handler computes a destination offset into the guest RealModeMemory buffer from guest-controlled ES and EDI register values without validating that the resulting address remains within the 1MB RealModeMemory allocation. A malicious guest operating in real mode can trigger the issue by invoking INT 0x15 with AX=0xE820, EDX=0x534D4150, ECX greater than or equal to 20, EBX=0, ES=0xFFFF, and EDI=0xFFFF. This can cause a write of up to 20 bytes past the end of the RealModeMemory buffer into the hypervisor heap. The product is end-of-life and unsupported when assigned.

Additional details:
No fix is planned because Bitdefender Napoca is end-of-life. Users should discontinue use of the unsupported product.
Credit:
Sebastián Alba Vives (@Sebasteuo / 0xS4bb1)