Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13253
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the qemu package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
sd_wp_addr in hw/sd/sd.c in QEMU 4.2.0 uses an unvalidated address, which leads to an out-of-bounds read during sdhci_write() operations. A guest OS user can crash the QEMU process.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | qemu | 1:5.0-8 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13253 |
| Debian:13 | qemu | 1:5.0-8 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13253 |
| Debian:14 | qemu | 1:5.0-8 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13253 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-05/msg05835.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/27/2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1838546 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- USN-4467-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200913 [SECURITY] [DLA 2373-1] qemu security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- GLSA-202011-09 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220905 [SECURITY] [DLA 3099-1] qemu security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST