Medium severity · published Dec 4, 2020
CVE-2020-28916
hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address
5.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% 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-2020-28916
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28916
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/01/2
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
Exploit
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-11/msg03185.html
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