CVE-2020-35505 Null dereference in QEMU

What is CVE-2020-35505?

CVE-2020-35505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 May 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the am53c974 SCSI host bus adapter emulation of QEMU in versions before 6.0.0. This issue occurs while handling the 'Information Transfer' command. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35505?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Qemu Qemu.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35505?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-35505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35505, GHSA-h3ch-qvjw-gr8j, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35505.