Medium severity · published Sep 25, 2020
CVE-2020-25085
QEMU 5.0.0 has a heap-based Buffer Overflow in flatview_read_continue in exec.c because hw/sd/sdhci.c mishandles a write operation in the SDHC_BLKSIZE case
5.0
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
QEMU 5.0.0 has a heap-based Buffer Overflow in flatview_read_continue in exec.c because hw/sd/sdhci.c mishandles a write operation in the SDHC_BLKSIZE case.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% 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-2020-25085
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25085
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/6
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/09/1
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1892960
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00047.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
Mailing List
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-09/msg00733.html
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