CVE-2020-15859

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15859
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-21 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-23 15:29:00 UTC
DescriptionQEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 4.2.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 4.2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2020-15859 QEMU: net: e1000e: use-after-free while sending packets MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH] e1000e: using bottom half to send packets MISC lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3099-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2560-1] qemu security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug #1886362 “Heap use-after-free in lduw_he_p through e1000e_wr...” : Bugs : QEMU MISC bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-27) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159468 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for virt:ol and virt-devel:ol (ELSA-2021-4191)
  • 180995 Debian Security Update for qemu (DLA 3099-1)
  • 239833 Red Hat Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security (RHSA-2021:4191)
  • 377413 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0119)
  • 502351 Alpine Linux Security Update for qemu
  • 710604 Gentoo Linux QEMU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202208-27)
  • 900187 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qemu-kvm 4.2.0
  • 903486 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qemu-kvm (1958)
  • 940172 AlmaLinux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (ALSA-2021:4191)
  • 960274 Rocky Linux Security Update for virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel (RLSA-2021:4191)
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