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CVE-2020-11947 (GCVE-0-2020-11947)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-31 00:13 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:42
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Summary
iscsi_aio_ioctl_cb in block/iscsi.c in QEMU 4.1.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read that may disclose unrelated information from process memory to an attacker.
Severity
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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