CVE-2020-28916

MEDIUM

Qemu - Infinite Loop

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-11/msg03185.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/01/2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
qemu/qemu 5.0.0
Published Dec 04, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026