CVE-2020-15863
hw/net/xgmac.c in the XGMAC Ethernet controller in QEMU before 07-20-2020 has a buffer overflow. This occurs during packet transmission and affects the highbank and midway emulated machines. A guest
02 Description
hw/net/xgmac.c in the XGMAC Ethernet controller in QEMU before 07-20-2020 has a buffer overflow. This occurs during packet transmission and affects the highbank and midway emulated machines. A guest
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-28 15:40Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 13:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-07-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c638d82a3ab81d3885625f7e89173d9e6bf7cfa6b8f346a684bec4cfb566d2b4
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.nongnu.orghttps://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg03497.html
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/22/1
- git.qemu.orghttps://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555
- lists.nongnu.orghttps://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05745.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4467-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4467-1/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4760https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4760
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1664http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00024.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-27https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 1:5.0-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 1:5.0-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 1:5.0-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.45
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.31
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- qemu Fixed in 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm6Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.