CVE-2020-28916
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 4, 2020 at 06:22 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxQEMU
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/01/2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-11/msg03185.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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