CVE-2020-28916 — Infinite Loop in Qemu

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
QemuDebian QemuDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 4
Latest updateMay 24

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:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1:5.2+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianqemu/qemu< 1:5.2+dfsg-1+3
▶Ubuntuqemu/qemu< 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.49+2
▶NVDqemu/qemu5.0.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-49q3-9xm4-cpj5: hw/net/e1000e_core↗2022-05-24
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OSV
qemu vulnerabilities↗2021-02-08
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OSV
CVE-2020-28916: hw/net/e1000e_core↗2020-12-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
QEMU vulnerabilities↗2021-02-08
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Red Hat
QEMU: e1000e: infinite loop scenario in case of null packet descriptor↗2020-11-12
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Red Hat
QEMU: infinite loop in e1000e_write_packet_to_guest() in hw/net/e1000e_core.c↗2020-11-02
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Debian
CVE-2020-28916: qemu - hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor wit...↗2020
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-25707 QEMU: infinite loop in e1000e_write_packet_to_guest() in hw/net/e1000e_core.c↗2020-11-02
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