Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu package, versions <5.0.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-QEMU-8488907
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed4 Jun 2020

Introduced: 4 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-13791  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 qemu to version 5.0.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

hw/pci/pci.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger an out-of-bounds access by providing an address near the end of the PCI configuration space.

CVSS Scores

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