Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-27616
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-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 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ati_2d_blt in hw/display/ati_2d.c in QEMU 4.2.1 can encounter an outside-limits situation in a calculation. A guest can crash the QEMU process.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | qemu | 5.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-27616 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qemu | 5.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-27616 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qemu | 5.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-27616 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qemu | 5.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-27616 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | qemu | 5.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-27616 |
| Debian:12 | qemu | 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27616 |
| Debian:13 | qemu | 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27616 |
| Debian:14 | qemu | 1:5.2+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27616 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-10/msg05018.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/03/2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0002/ x_refsource_CONFIRM