CVE-2020-15863
QEMU XGMAC Ethernet Controller Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 28, 2020, 4:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:17 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.7
Exploitability Score :
1.1
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-15863
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-15863.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00024.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/22/1 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555 | |
| https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg03497.html | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05745.html | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4760 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2020-15863 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-15863 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 30, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 15, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 04, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00024.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST CWE-120 Added CWE NIST CWE-787 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 13, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00024.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 10, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555 Patch, Third Party Advisory https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555 Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg03497.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg03497.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05745.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05745.html Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4760 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4760 Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 07-20-2020 OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.0.0 *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:5.1.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 07, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4760 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/22/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/22/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555 No Types Assigned https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg03497.html No Types Assigned https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg03497.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05745.html No Types Assigned https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05745.html Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-120 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 07-20-2020
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-15863 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-15863
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.07 }} 0.02%
score
0.31944
percentile