CVE-2020-1983: libslirp: use after free vulnerability cause a denial of service.
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-1983 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Use After Free vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 22 · Related 11Timeline
- 22-04-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A use after free vulnerability in ip_reass() in ip_input.c of libslirp 4.2.0 and prior releases allows crafted packets to cause a denial of service.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
2.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
84%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.36% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (gitlab.freedesktop.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse5 products
- qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1< 3.1.1.1-9.21.4
- qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1< 3.1.1.1-9.21.4
- qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 3.1.1.1-3.14.1
- qemu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5< 3.1.1.1-3.14.1
- slirp4netns&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP1< 0.4.5-3.9.1
Debian4 products
- libslirp< 4.2.0-2
- qemu< 1:4.1-2
- slirp4netns< 1.0.1-1
- debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Opensuse4 products
- leapEOL15.1
- qemu-linux-user&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 3.1.1.1-lp151.7.15.2
- qemu&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 3.1.1.1-lp151.7.15.2
- slirp4netns&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.1< 0.4.5-lp151.2.9.1
Ubuntu3 products
- libslirp< 4.1.0-2ubuntu2
- qemu< 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm4 | < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.44 | < 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.26
- slirp4netnsAll versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
- libslirp< 4.3.0-r0
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL16.04 | 18.04 | 19.10 | 20.04
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL31 | 32
Libslirp_project1 product
- libslirp≤ 4.2.0
Slirp1 product
- libslirp≥ unspecified, ≤ 4.2.0
9 vendors · 21 products
References
25 links- gitlab.freedesktop.org/slirp/libslirp/-/commit/9ac0371bb8c0a40f5d9f82a1c25129660e81df04X Refsource MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00022.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00001.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00032.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00020.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory
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