CVE-2020-27617

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 15
Modified
Published: 06 Nov 2020, 07:51
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 16:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.26% LOW
0% probability +0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Nov 2020, 07:51
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 16:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.26%• Percentile: 49%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-617•Reachable Assertion

    The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0 | 10.0

  • qemu•qemu

    4.2.1

References (5)