Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qemu package, versions <1:4.2-7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-QEMU-5694235
  • published31 Dec 2020
  • disclosed31 Dec 2020

Introduced: 31 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-11947  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 qemu to version 1:4.2-7 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.

iscsi_aio_ioctl_cb in block/iscsi.c in QEMU 4.1.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read that may disclose unrelated information from process memory to an attacker.

CVSS Scores

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