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CVE-2020-28916

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Date: December 4, 2020

hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28916

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28916

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-28916

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28916

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/01/2

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-28916

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html

Url: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-11/msg03185.html

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-28916

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v5.2.0-rc3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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