| CVE-2020-15863 | Date: (C)2020-07-29 (M)2024-04-19 |
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 user or process could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process on the host, resulting in a denial of service or potential privileged code execution. This was fixed in commit 5519724a13664b43e225ca05351c60b4468e4555.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 5.3 | CVSS Score : 4.4 |
| Exploit Score: 1.1 | Exploit Score: 3.4 |
| Impact Score: 3.7 | Impact Score: 6.4 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
| Attack Complexity: HIGH | Access Complexity: MEDIUM |
| Privileges Required: LOW | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
| Scope: CHANGED | Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Confidentiality: LOW | Availability: PARTIAL |
| Integrity: LOW | |
| Availability: LOW | |
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