CVE-2020-27617
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 6, 2020 at 07:51 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxQEMU
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
eth_get_gso_type in net/eth.c in QEMU 4.2.1 allows guest OS users to trigger an assertion failure. A guest can crash the QEMU process via packet data that lacks a valid Layer 3 protocol.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/02/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00047.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.htmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-10/msg05731.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201202-0002/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-617
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