UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28916

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28916

    Published: 4 Dec 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-28916
    Aliases:
    USN-4725-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28916, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/12/01/2, https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-11/msg03011.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4725-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28916

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qemu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/qemu@1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.35?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.35

    Affected versions

    1:2.10+dfsg-0ubuntu3

    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
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