Vulnerability · Published Oct 6, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25743
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
hw/ide/pci.c in QEMU before 5.1.1 can trigger a NULL pointer dereference because it lacks a pointer check before an ide_cancel_dma_sync call.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | qemu | 5.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Debian:12 | qemu | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Debian:13 | qemu | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Debian:14 | qemu | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | qemu | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | qemu-hwe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25743 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | qemu-hwe | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25743 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-09/msg05967.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://ruhr-uni-bochum.sciebo.de/s/NNWP2GfwzYKeKwE?path=%2Fide_nullptr1b 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=1881409 x_refsource_MISC