CVE-2019-20808Out-of-bounds Read in Qemu

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 31
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In QEMU 4.1.0, an out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the ATI VGA implementation. It occurs in the ati_cursor_define() routine while handling MMIO write operations through the ati_mm_write() callback. A malicious guest could abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.0 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages3 packages

debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:4.2-1 (bookworm)
Debianqemu/qemu< 1:4.2-1+3
NVDqemu/qemu4.1.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-p8fx-hg9x-79mx: In QEMU 42022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2019-20808: In QEMU 42020-12-31

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
QEMU: out-of-bounds read in ati_cursor_define() function in hw/display/ati.c leads to DoS2019-09-13
Debian
CVE-2019-20808: qemu - In QEMU 4.1.0, an out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the ATI VGA implementatio...2019

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-20808 QEMU: out-of-bounds read in ati_cursor_define() function in hw/display/ati.c leads to DoS2020-05-28
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-20808 qemu: out-of-bounds read in ati_cursor_define() function in hw/display/ati.c leads to DoS [fedora-all]2020-05-28