UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15859

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2020-15859
Downstream
USN-4725-1
Published: 21 Jul 2020, 16:15
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 04:00

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
13/100
CVSS Score
3.3 LOW
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 Jul 2020, 16:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 04:00
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

QEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•LOW•Score: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•qemu

    all | < 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.49 | < 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.35 | < 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.12

References (6)