Low severity · published Sep 25, 2020
CVE-2020-25084
QEMU 5.0.0 has a use-after-free in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c because the usb_packet_map return value is not checked
3.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
QEMU 5.0.0 has a use-after-free in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c because the usb_packet_map return value is not checked.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
5.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25084
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25084
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/5
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
Mailing List
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-08/msg08050.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201009-0005/
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