CVE-2020-28916

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28916
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 04 Dec 2020, 06:22
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 16:41

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.66% LOW
1% probability +0.61%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Dec 2020, 06:22
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 16:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.66%• Percentile: 50%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835•Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • debian•qemu

    < 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | < 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | < 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | < 1:5.2+dfsg-1

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0 | 10.0

  • qemu•qemu

    5.0.0

References (5)