CVE-2020-15863

CVE Details

Release Date:

2020-07-28

Description

hw/net/xgmac.c in the XGMAC Ethernet controller in QEMU before 07-20-2020 has a buffer overflow. This occurs during packet transmission and affects the highbank and midway emulated machines. A guest user or process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service or potential privileged code execution. This was fixed in commit 5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555.

See more information about CVE-2020-15863 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.3	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Changed	Confidentiality Impact:	Low
Integrity Impact:	Low	Availability Impact:	Low

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (qemu)	ELSA-2021-9034	2021-02-08

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