CVE-2020-15859 (GCVE-0-2020-15859)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-07-21 15:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
QEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.
Severity
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1886362 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/202… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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