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CVE-2020-15859 Details

Description

QEMU 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:3.3 LOWVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1886362 CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05304.html CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qemu qemu
4.2.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-15859
NVD Published Date:
Jul 21, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-15859 Details - Not Deferred