Risk | Medium |
Patch available | NO |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-13253 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
QEMU Client/Desktop applications / Virtualization software |
Vendor | QEMU |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU28283
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13253
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the SD Memory Card emulator while performing block write commands via sdhci_write() in QEMU. A remote user of guest operating system can trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the QEMU process.
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionsQEMU: 4.0.0 - 5.0.0
External linkshttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/146
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-05/msg05877.html
http://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1880822
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.