CVE-2020-28916

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    CVE-2020-28916

    Published: 4 Dec 2020Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: hw/net/e1000e_core.c in QEMU 5.0.0 has an infinite loop via an RX descriptor with a NULL buffer address.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00024.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00008.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/01/2, https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-11/msg03185.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- fdd76fecdde1ad444ff4deb7f1c4f7e4a1ef97d6
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
    None
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    High
    CVE-2020-28916 | CVE-DB