CVE-2020-13253

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2020 at 02:09 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:52 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxQEMU

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (7)

x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/27/2
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1838546
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00013.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-05/msg05835.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-09
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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