CVE-2020-25707
Description
An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000e NIC emulation code of QEMU. This issue occurs in the e1000e_write_packet_to_guest() routine while processing bogus RX descriptor data transmitted by the guest. This flaw allows a privileged guest user to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service.
Statement
This flaw was found to be a duplicate of CVE-2020-28916. Please see https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28916 for information about affected products and security errata.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.5 | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | High | N/A | N/A |
| Privileges Required | High | N/A | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | N/A |
| Scope | Changed | N/A | N/A |
| Confidentiality | None | N/A | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | N/A | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Low | N/A | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU); DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory); DoS: Amplification
An infinite loop will cause unexpected consumption of resources, such as CPU cycles or memory. The software's operation may slow down, or cause a long time to respond.
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Cheolwoo Myung and Gaoning Pan (Zhejiang University) for reporting this issue.
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