UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15859
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UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15859
Published: 21 Jul 2020Last Modified: 9 Jun 2026
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Summary:
Details: QEMU 4.2.0 has a use-after-free in hw/net/e1000e_core.c because a guest OS user can trigger an e1000e packet with the data's address set to the e1000e's MMIO address.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15859, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05895.html, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-07/msg05304.html, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/21/3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4725-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15859, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8412-1
Affected packages
Package
Name: qemu
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.47+esm6
Affected versions
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5
1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
