CVE-2020-11869 Integer overflow in n/a

Low 3.3 Published Updated

A malicious guest can crash the QEMU process via an integer overflow in ATI VGA emulation, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-11869?

CVE-2020-11869 is a low-severity vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 27 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An integer overflow was found in QEMU 4.0.1 through 4.2.0 in the way it implemented ATI VGA emulation. This flaw occurs in the ati_2d_blt() routine in hw/display/ati-2d.c while handling MMIO write operations through the ati_mm_write() callback. A malicious guest could abuse this flaw to crash the QEMU process, resulting in a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-11869?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2020-11869?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2020-11869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-11869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qemu Qemu vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11869, GHSA-v28g-xr7w-fvp4, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11869.

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