CVE-2019-20485
MEDIUM
5.7
CVSS Score
Published: March 19, 2020 at 01:29 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:30 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLibvirt
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Severity
MEDIUM5.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt before 6.0.0 mishandles the holding of a monitor job during a query to a guest agent, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API blockage).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953078x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809740Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D5GE6ISYUL3CIWO3FQRUGMKTKP2NYED2/x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20485CVSS
- Attack Vector
- ADJACENT_NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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