Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qemu package, versions <1:5.0-6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-QEMU-5694091
  • published4 Jun 2020
  • disclosed4 Jun 2020

Introduced: 4 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-13800  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 qemu to version 1:5.0-6 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

ati-vga in hw/display/ati.c in QEMU 4.2.0 allows guest OS users to trigger infinite recursion via a crafted mm_index value during an ati_mm_read or ati_mm_write call.

CVSS Scores

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