DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16092

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CVE-2020-16092
Published: 11 Aug 2020, 16:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:21

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
15/100
CVSS Score
3.8 LOW
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Aug 2020, 16:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:21
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In QEMU through 5.0.0, an assertion failure can occur in the network packet processing. This issue affects the e1000e and vmxnet3 network devices. A malicious guest user/process could use this flaw to abort the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service condition in net_tx_pkt_add_raw_fragment in hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•LOW•Score: 3.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Systems

  • debian•qemu

    < 1:5.1+dfsg-1 | < 1:5.1+dfsg-1 | < 1:5.1+dfsg-1 | < 1:5.1+dfsg-1

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