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CVE-2020-28916

Publication date 4 December 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qemu 20.10 groovy
Fixed 1:5.0-5ubuntu9.4
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.12
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.35
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
qemu-kvm 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H