Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25742
Low 3.2
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in the qemu package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)3.2Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
pci_change_irq_level in hw/pci/pci.c in QEMU before 5.1.1 has a NULL pointer dereference because pci_get_bus() might not return a valid pointer.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Debian:12 | qemu | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Debian:13 | qemu | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Debian:14 | qemu | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | qemu-hwe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25742 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | qemu-hwe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25742 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-09/msg05294.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://ruhr-uni-bochum.sciebo.de/s/NNWP2GfwzYKeKwE?path=%2Flsi_nullptr1 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/29/1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1883178 x_refsource_MISC