VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-27617
eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.57%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.57% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-617
- Affected
- qemu/qemu · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/02/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-10/msg05731.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0002/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/02/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00047.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-10/msg05731.htmlMailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0002/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.