Vulnerability · Published Jun 4, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-13765
Medium 5.6
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)5.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
rom_copy() in hw/core/loader.c in QEMU 4.0 and 4.1.0 does not validate the relationship between two addresses, which allows attackers to trigger an invalid memory copy operation.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | qemu | 4.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13765 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | qemu | 4.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13765 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | qemu | 4.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13765 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | qemu | 4.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13765 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | qemu | 4.2.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-13765 |
| Debian:12 | qemu | 1:4.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13765 |
| Debian:13 | qemu | 1:4.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13765 |
| Debian:14 | qemu | 1:4.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13765 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | qemu | 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.24 | USN-7094-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | qemu | 1:8.2.2+ds-0ubuntu1.4 | USN-7094-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e423455c4f23a1a828901c78fe6d03b7dde79319 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/03/6 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200619-0006/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200629 [SECURITY] [DLA 2262-1] qemu security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200726 [SECURITY] [DLA 2288-1] qemu security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- USN-4467-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/4f1c6cb2f9afafda05eab150fd2bd284edce6676 x_refsource_MISC